Cell Organelles Flashcards
Lysosomes (function)
Break down waste materials including old organelles
Nucleosis (function)
Makes RNA and ribosomes
Nucleus (function)
Controls cellular activity and houses DNA and proteins
Centrioles (function)
Form spindle fibres during cell division
Mitochondria (function)
Site of the final stages of cellular respiration
Ribosomes (function)
Site of protein synthesis
Plasma membrane (function)
Protects cell from surroundings. Semi permeable to ions and organic molecules
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (function)
Responsible for synthesis and transport of lipids and carbohydrates
Cytoplasm (function)
Maintains cell shape and stores chemicals needed for matasolic reactions
Golgi apparatus (function)
Modified newly made proteins and packages them into vesicles to be transported to where they’re needed
Transport vesicle (function)
Transport materials within the cell
Secretory vesicle (function)
Transport proteins that are to be released from the cell
Rough endoplasmic reticulum (function)
Protein synthesis occurs in ribosomes; newly synthesised proteins are transported to the Golgi apparatus
Cell wall (function)
Protects and supports each cell and whole plant
Chloroplast (function)
Site of photosynthesis. Light energy is trapped by chlorophyll and used to produce carbohydrate molecules from water and CO2