Cytoplasm Flashcards
Cytoplasm
Includes all materials between plasma membrane and nucleus
Cytosol
Viscous fluid containing water and many dissolved substances like: ions, nutrients, proteins, carbs, lipids, and other small molecules
Inclusions
Stored in some cytosol, pigments, nutrient storers, protein crystals
Organelles
Structures on cells that perform specific functions, type and amount reflect cells function
Membrane-bound organelles
Membrane surrounding inner compartment
Contents are separate from cytosol
Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, peroxisomes, mitochondria
Non-membrane-bound organelles
No membrane
Contents are in direct contact w cytosol
Ribosomes, cytoskeleton, centrosomes, centrioles, cilia, flagella, microvilli