Cells And Organelles Flashcards
1
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Cells
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Smallest form of life and foundation of our existence
2
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Network of interconnected membranes
3
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Golgi apparatus
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Sorting organelle
4
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Mitochondria
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Energy transformers, they transform chemical energy to ATP
5
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Cytoplasm
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Thick, jelly like solution that fills each cell
6
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Cytosol
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Portion of the cytoplasm that is not contained in the organelles
7
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Nucleoplasm
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Fluid in the nucleus
8
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Cytoplasmic streaming
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Movement of cellular material around the cell
9
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Microtubules
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Long, hollow, unbranched framework for movement of motorproteins
10
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Who first observed cells?
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Robert Hooke and Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
11
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Components of phylogenetic tree of life
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Bacteria, archaea, and eucarya
12
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Components of cytoskeleton
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Microfilaments, intermediate filaments, microtubules
