animal organelle Flashcards

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what are vesicles

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vesicles are small vacuoles

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what kind of vesicles and vacuoles does as animal cell have

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they have vesicles and vacuoles that are much smaller that plant vacuole

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what re vacuoles

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they are fluid filled organelle surrounded by a membrane known as the tonoplast

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4
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what is the fluid in the vacuole known as

and what does this mainly consist of

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it is know as a cell sap which is mainly water with solutes and pigment dissolved in it

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List the function of vacuole

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Function:
• provides turgidity to plant cells

• regulates the water content of cells

• pigments in the vacuole gives colour to some
flowers

• stores solutes, such as minerals

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Lysosomes

What is the structure

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Lysosomes are tiny sacs formed from vesicles produced by the Golgi body.

Lysosomes contain enzymes that can break down lipids and proteins.

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What is the function

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Lysosomes destroy foreign material inside or outside cells, such as bacteria.

They digest (break down) food particles. 

They break down dead cells and cell organelles

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8
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Name another organelle found inly in animals

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Centrosome

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