Chapter 6: A Tour of the Cell

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Eukaryote domains

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Animals, fungi, plants, and protists

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Prokaryote domains

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Bacteria, archaea

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Chromatin

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The complex of DNA and protein housed in the nucleus

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Nucleolus

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Region of the nucleus where rRNA complexes with proteins

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Ribosomes

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Protein factories

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Golgi apparatus

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Operates like a postal system – shipping proteins

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Lysosomes

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Membrane-bound sacs of hydrolytic enzymes; digestive organelle

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Vacuoles

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Membrane-bound vesicles; hold food/water

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Central vacuoles

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Concentrate and contain compounds not found in the cytosol

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Chloroplasts

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Site of photosynthesis

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Peroxisomes

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Single-membrane-bound compartments in the cell responsible for various metabolic functions that involve the transfer of hydrogen from compounds to oxygen, producing hydrogen peroxide

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Cytoskeleton

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A network of protein fibers that runs throughout the cytoplasm, responsible for support

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Microtubules

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Cytoskeleton fibers

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Microfilaments

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Cytoskeleton fibers, but much smaller than microtubules

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Intermediate filaments

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In between microtubules and microfilaments

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Centrosomes

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Region located near nucleus where microtubules grow

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Centrioles

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Located within the centrosomes of animal cells where they replicate before cell division

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Flagella

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Long and few in number

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Cilia

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Much shorter and more numerous than flagella

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Desmosomes

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Fasten adjacent animal cells together

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Plasmodesmata

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Channels that perforate adjacent plant cell walls and allow the passage of some molecules from cell to cell