Key Words Flashcards
Centrioles
Structures found in the cytoplasm made of microtubules that produce spindle fibres during mitosis
Chloroplasts
Organelles found in plants and algae that are the site of photosynthesis
Cilia
Small hairlike structures that project from the surface of cells
Confocal microscopy
A type of microscopy that uses lasers to scan a specimen point by point to produce an image
Cytoskeleton
A mesh of protein fibres found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells used for structural support and intracellular transport
Differential staining
Using multiple different stains to distinguish different parts of the specimen
Eukaryotic cell
A type of cell that contains a nucleus along with membrane bound organelles
Flagell
A Whip-like structure found on bacterial cells that is used for cell movement
Golgi apparatus
And organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is involved in the modification and packaging of proteins
Light microscope
A type of microscope that uses a series of lenses to magnify the visible light reflecting off the specimen
Lysosomes
Membrane-bound vesicles found in the cytoplasm that contain a hydrolytic enzymes called lysozyme
Magnification
How much bigger an image appears compare to the original objects calculated using the formula
image size = actual size X magnification
Mitochondrion
And organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is the site of aerobic respiration
Nuclear envelope
A double membrane that surrounds the nucleus
Nucleolus
A structure found inside the nucleus that contains proteins and RNA and is involved in synthesising new ribosomes