Cell Parts Flashcards

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Cell Membrane

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Made of phospholipid bi-layer, separates cell from environment

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Cytoplasm

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A gel like substance that fills the cell

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Nucleus

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Contains chromosomes where genetic material is made, copies DNA and transcribes RNA

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Nuclear membrane

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Surrounds nucleus and has pores that lets things in and out

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Nucleolus

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Area in the nucleus that makes ribosomes

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Ribosomes

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Makes proteins

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Rough ER

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Packages proteins and transports them inside the cell

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Smooth ER

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No ribosomes on it, packaging system for cell

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Golgi Apparatus

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Processing plant for proteins made in the ER

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Lysosome

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Digests foreign material, or old/broken down organelles

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Mitochondria

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Powerhouse of cell and makes ATP (energy)

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Cytoskeleton

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Provide structure for the cell

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13
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Centriole

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Only animal cell, cell reproduction

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14
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Cilium

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Hair like lining only in certain cells

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Flagella

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Movement for the cell

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16
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Vacuole

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Water storage in the plant cell (animal cells have many small ones)

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Chloroplast

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Only plant cells, and the site of photosynthesis