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Cell Structure Flashcards

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Surrounds the cell, controls the movement of materials both into and out of the cell, semi-permeable - some materials can pass through and some cannot.

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Cell Membrane

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Cell Membrane

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Surrounds the cell, controls the movement of materials both into and out of the cell.

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Controls all the life functions of the cell, surrounded by a porous nuclear membrane, inside are chromosomes, which are made from DNA. LIFE FUNCTION: regulation

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Nucleus

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Nucleus

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Controls all the life functions of the cell, surrounded by a porous nuclear membrane, inside are chromosomes, which are made from DNA. LIFE FUNCTION: regulation

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Fluid-like material that fills the space between the nucleus and the cell membrane

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Cytoplasm

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Cytoplasm

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Fluid-like material that fills the space between the nucleus and the cell membrane

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Makes (synthesizes) proteins

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Ribosomes

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Ribosomes

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Makes (synthesizes) proteins

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Where are the 2 locations of Ribosomes?

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Cytoplasm: makes proteins which stay in the cell
Attached to Endoplasmic Reticulum: Makes proteins which leave the cell

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Found inside the nucleus, synthesizes ribosomes

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Nucleolus

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Nucleolus

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Found inside the nucleus, synthesizes ribosomes

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A network of channels that transports substances mad in the cell

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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A network of channels that transports substances mad in the cell

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Surrounds the nucleus and is covered in ribosomes. It transports proteins.

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Rough ER

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Rough ER

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Surrounds the nucleus and is covered in ribosomes. It transports proteins.

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Not covered in ribosomes, produces fat and carbohydrates

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Smooth ER

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Smooth ER

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Not covered in ribosomes, produces fat and carbohydrates

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Called the powerhouse of the cell because it produces energy through the process of cellular respiration.

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Mitochondria

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Mitochondria

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Called the powerhouse of the cell because it produces energy through the process of cellular respiration.

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They modify, sort, and package proteins. Proteins come here after moving through the rough ER and then released from the cell.

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Golgi Bodies

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Golgi Bodies

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They modify, sort, and package proteins. Proteins come here after moving through the rough ER and then released from the cell.

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Storage sacs in the cell

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Vacuole

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Vacuole

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Storage sacs in the cell

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Stores waste materials and helps digest food in one=celled organisms, break down damaged or old cell parts in multi-cellular organisms.

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Lysosome, aka suicide sac of the cell

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Lysosome, aka suicide sac of the cell

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Stores waste materials and helps digest food in one=celled organisms, break down damaged or old cell parts in multi-cellular organisms.

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Pair of cylinder shaped structures that aid in cell division, only found in animal cells.

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Centrioles

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Centrioles

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Pair of cylinder shaped structures that aid in cell division, only found in animal cells.

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A non-living structure which surrounds, supports, and protects the plant cells only.

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Cell Wall

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Cell Wall

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A non-living structure which surrounds, supports, and protects the plant cells only.

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Acts as both skeleton and muscle for a cell

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Cytoskeleton

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Cytoskeleton

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Acts as both skeleton and muscle for a cell

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Only in plant cells, contain the green pigment chlorophyll, carry out the process of photosynthesis, which is how green plants make their own food.

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Chloroplasts

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Chloroplasts

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Only in plant cells, contain the green pigment chlorophyll, carry out the process of photosynthesis, which is how green plants make their own food.

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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invented single lens microscope

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Robert Hooke

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developed a more modern microscope and used it to examine cork, named cells after monk cells

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developed a more modern microscope and used it to examine cork, named cells after monk cells

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Robert Hooke

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invented single lens microscope

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

〢2023-2024 Science (9 decks)

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