Key Organelles & Their Functions Flashcards

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Cell Membrane

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  • both in plants and animals
  • protects the cell from surroundings
  • controls movement of substances in and out of the
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Cell Wall

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  • only in plants
  • provides protection and structure to plant cells (cellulose)
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Nucleus

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  • both in plants and animals
  • stores cells DNA
  • control center
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Nucleolus

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  • both in plants and animals
  • in the nucleus
  • produces ribosomes
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Nuclear Membrane / Envelope

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  • both in plants and animals
  • the outer layer and what holds the nucleus
  • membrane that encloses the nucleus (also known as the nuclear membrane)
  • small holes (nuclear pores) to allow contents in and out
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Chromatin

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  • both in plants and animals
  • in the nucleus
  • relaxed form of DNA that is wrapped around proteins (histones)
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Ribosome

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  • both in plants and animals
  • produce protein
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

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  • both in plants and animals
  • holds ribosomes
  • protein are packaged in membrane bound vesicles and sent to the Golgi body
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

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  • both in plants and animals
  • produces lipids, carbohydrates, hormones and repairs membranes
  • has no ribosomes
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Golgi Apparatus

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  • both in plants and animals
  • modifying and packaging of proteins for secretion
  • creation of lysosomes
  • communication centre
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Mitochondria

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  • both in plants and animals
  • breaks down glucose into ATP energy through the process of cellular respiration
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Chloroplast

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  • only in plants
  • photosynthesis: carbon dioxide + water —-> oxygen + glucose
  • green pigment called chlorophyll that contains enzymes that drive the process of photosynthesis
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Centrioles

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  • only in animals
  • produces spindle fibres for mitosis
  • spindle fibres attach to chromosomes and pull them to opposite poles
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Central Vacuole or Vascuole

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  • both in plants and animals
  • storage of water, salt, food, and waste
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Lysosome

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  • both in plays and animals
  • contains enzymes and digest non functional organelles, inducing bacteria and byproducts
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