Deck 4 Flashcards
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Tiny threadlike or sausage-shaped organelles
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Mitochondria
1
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Specialized cellular compartments; “little organs”
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Cytoplasmic organelles
2
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The mitochondrial wall consists of a double membrane, equal to how many plasma membranes
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3
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What provides energy for all cellular work
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ATP (Adenosine-triphosphate)
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“Powerhouses” of the cell
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Mitochondria
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Sites of protein synthesis in the cell
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Ribosomes
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“Network within the cytoplasm”
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
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What type of ER is studded with ribosomes
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Rough ER
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Type of ER that functions in lipid metabolism and detoxification of drugs and pesticides
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Smooth ER
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Appears as a stack of flattened sacks; “traffic director” for cellular proteins. It’s major function is to modify and package proteins
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Golgi apparatus
