Cell organelles Flashcards
1
Q
Mitochondria
A
cell’s power plant
2
Q
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
A
site of protein synthesis
3
Q
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
A
site of lipid synthesis
4
Q
golgi apparatus
A
site of carbohydrate synthesis
5
Q
lysosomes
A
cell garbage truck
6
Q
peroxisomes
A
calls toxic waste cleanup machine
7
Q
proteasomes
A
dissolve non functional proteins
8
Q
cytoskeleton
A
cells frame
9
Q
cytoskeleton includes
A
microtubials, microfilaments (actin), and intermediate filaments
10
Q
varieties of microtubials
A
centrioles and cilia
11
Q
centrioles
A
microtubules that anchor for mitosis spindles during cell division
12
Q
cilia
A
microtubials (cell’s tail)
13
Q
microfilaments
A
actin
14
Q
nucleus
A
cells command center in chapter 3