flashcards for cell
Cell membrane
A wall on the plant and animal cell that lets good things in and bad things out
Cell wall
A rigid structure in the plant cell that gives the cell protection and structure
Nucleus
The command center of the cell
Cytoplasm
A jelly like thing that holds organelles
Organelles
Structures in the cell that carry out a specific function
Mitochondria
The power house of the cell
Endoplasmic reticulum
A maze of membranes that carry proteins to where they need to go
Ribosomes
A cell structure that creates proteins
Golgi bodies
Sends ribosomes to other parts of the cell
Vacuoles
Storage sacs
Chroplast
A cell structure that’s only in plant cells that allows a plant to make its own food
Lysosomes
Clean up waste in the cell
Chromatin
Strands of DNA that gives the nucleus instructions
Nuclear envonlope
Membrane that surrounds that membrane
Nucleolus
Makes ribosomes in the nucleus