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Cellular ropes made of repeating units of the protein actin

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Microfiliament

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Internal framework that anchors organelles, gives shape

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Cytoskeleton

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Hollow tubes for transport, movement. Made of actin and Tubulidentata proteins

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Microtuble

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Vesicles pinch off these structures, proteins modified and packaged here

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Golgi body

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Cellular stomach

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Lysosomes

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Selectively permiable doorman

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Cell membrane

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The most important plastid, turns co2 h2o into sun

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Chloroplast

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Membrane bound spheres that store water and dissolve materials , membrane around called tonoplast

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Vacuoles

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Site of rRNA production in nucleus

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Nucleolus

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Rod like structures that package the DNA into neat discrete unit, plays role in cell division

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Chromosomes

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Used for movement and to move material past cell beat back and forth like oars

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Cilia

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Site of lipid synthesis

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Smooth er

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Appearance due to being peppered with ribosomes , this membrane network receives just synthesized protein and may modify

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Rough er

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The brain of the cell

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Nucleus

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Organelle has double membrane and converts to glucose an o2 to produce energy in the form of ATP

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Microchondria

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Enclose plant cells, strong cellulose fibres give ridgeity

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Cell wall

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Small organelles I. Plants that contain pigment or starch

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Plastids

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Small membranous spheres that transport materials out of cell via exocytosis and into cell via endocoytosis

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Vesicle

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Made of RNA and protein these small numerous organelles are the site of protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

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Twin barrel like structures in animals that play a role in cell division , 9-triplet arangment of microtubles

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Centriole

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Whip like structures used for movement in unicellular organisms have 9+2 arrangement of microtubles

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Flagella

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Centrioles

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9+0 pattern of microtubles
Animal cells only
Give rise to basal bodies

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Microtubles

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Made up of thirteen rows of Tubulin proteins
Arranged in hollow tube
Moves materials in cell

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Cilia

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Cell movement using ATP

9+2 arrangement of microtubles

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Flagella

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9+2 arrangement of microtubles

Cell movement using ATP

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Ribosomes

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Consist of rRNA and protein
Made of two units
Site for protein synthesis

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What are the three membranes with double membranes

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Microcondria, nucleus

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Endotosis

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Moves things into cell via membranous vesicles

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Exotosis

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Move things out of cell via membranous vesicles

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Folded layers of membrane which act ad transport corridors through the cytoplasm of the cell

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Names of the two subunits of ribosomes

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Small and large

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A small vacuole often secreted by Golgi apparatus

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Vesicles

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Folds of the Microcondria inner member where the cellular respiration reaction occurs

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Cristae

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These chemicals are a major component of the cell membrane

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Phospholipid

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Organelle responsible for protein synthesis

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Ribosomes

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Organelle which conducts photosynthesis

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Chloroplast

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Cells which have a membrane bound nucleus

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Eukaryotic

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The middle part of the cell membrane is called _______ because it is water fearin

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Hydrophobic

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A structure found inside of a cell which carries out a specific function

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Organelle

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The centre area of a mitochondrion

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Matrix

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Proteins that associate with DNA to form chromosome

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Histones

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