Animal Cells Flashcards
Membrane
Encloses cell
Selective permeability
Endomembrane system
Cytoplasm
Watery space filler
Centrosome
Spindle fibers develop during mitosis and meiosis/cell division
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Protein and lipid synthesis
Endomembrane system
Smooth ER
Processes toxins
Membrane synthesis
Calcium storage
Endomembrane system
Rough ER
Double Membrane
Synthesizes proteins
Ribosomes ship them
Endomembrane system
Ribosomes
Bind Ribosomal RNA and proteins
Assemble amino acids into polypeptides (protein synthesis)
Golgi Aparatus
Secretion and transport
Modifying, sorting and packaging proteins
Endomembrane system
Vesicles
Secretion, uptake and transport of materials across cytoplasm
Endomembrane system
Lysosomes
Cell waste ➡️ building materials
Digestive enzymes
Double nuclear membrane
Endomembrane system
Nucleus
Stores DNA
Endomembrane system
Chromatin
Material that makes up chromosomes
Made of proteins, RNA and DNA
Nucleolus
Makes RNA ➡️ ribosomes by mRNA
Assembles ribosomes
Mitochondria
Energy ➡️ ATP
Aerobic respiration
Double membrane
Semiautonomous
