Organelles Flashcards

Cell Organelle Functions

1
Q

ALLOWS THE CELL TO RECEIVE AND RESPOND TO MESSAGES

A

Cell Membrane

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2
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CONTROLS MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES INTO/OUT OF CELLS

A

Cell Membrane

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3
Q

SEPARATES THE CELL FROM ITS ENVIRONMENT

A

Cell Membrane

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4
Q

“SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE”

A

Cell Membrane

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5
Q

CYTOSKELETON – (“CELL SKELETON”) – PROTEIN RODS AND TUBULES THAT FORM A SUPPORTIVE FRAMEWORK

A

Cytoplasm

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6
Q

CYTOSOL – (“CELL SOLUTION”) – PROVIDES THE MOLECULES NEEDED FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS

A

Cytoplasm

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7
Q

PRODUCES PROTEINS FOR USE AT THE CELL MEMBRANE OR FOR EXPORT FROM THE CELL

A

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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8
Q

SYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF LIPIDS

A

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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9
Q

ABSORPTION OF FATS FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

A

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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10
Q

BREAKS DOWN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL = DETOXIFICATION

A

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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11
Q

Ca2+ ION STORAGE AND TRANSPORT

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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12
Q

(SCATTERED THROUGH THE CYTOPLASM) – PRODUCES

PROTEINS FOR USE INSIDE THE CELL

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“Bound” Ribosomes

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13
Q

REFINES, PACKAGES (IN VESICLES), AND DELIVERS ORGANIC MOLECULES

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Golgi Apparatus

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14
Q

PRODUCES SPECIALIZED VESICLES CALLED LYSOSOMES AND PEROXISOMES

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Golgi Apparatus

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15
Q

THE “POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL;”

A

Mitochondria

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16
Q

SITE OF AEROBIC CELLULAR RESPIRATION

A

Mitochondria

17
Q

RELEASES THE ENERGY FROM GLUCOSE AND OTHER ORGANIC MOLECULES

A

Mitochondria

18
Q

“GARBAGE DISPOSALS”

A

Lysosomes

19
Q

CONTAINS HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES (HYDROLYSIS)

A

Lysosomes

20
Q

DISMANTLE CELLULAR DEBRIS

A

Lysosomes

21
Q

DESTROY WORN OUT CELL PARTS

A

Lysosomes

22
Q

INVOLVED WITH INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION

A

Lysosomes

23
Q

SYNTHESIS OF BILE – USED IN FAT DIGESTION

A

Peroxisomes

24
Q

BREAKDOWN OF SPECIAL LIPID MOLECULES CALLED “VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS”

A

Peroxisomes

25
Q

DEGRADATION OF RARE BIOCHEMICALS

A

Peroxisomes

26
Q

DETOXIFICATION OF ALCOHOL.

A

Peroxisomes

27
Q

COMPONENTS OF THE CYTOSKELETON

A

MICROFILAMENTS AND MICROTUBULES

28
Q

FILAMENTS ARE SOLID AND FORM BRANCHED NETWORKS

A

Microfilaments and Microtubules

29
Q

TUBULES ARE HOLLOW AND ARE EASILY BROKEN APART AND REASSEMBLED

A

Microfilaments and Microtubules

30
Q

DURING CELL DIVISION, THEY FORM THE SPINDLE THAT PULLS CHROMOSOMES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DIVIDING CELL

A

Microfilaments and Microtubules

31
Q

MOVE CELLS FROM PLACE TO PLACE OR MOVE

MATERIALS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF A CELL (PROPELS MUCUS OUT OF RESPIRATORY TRACT)

A

Cilia and Flagella

32
Q

SHORTER, MANY, AND HAIRLIKE

A

Cilia

33
Q

LONGER, FEWER, AND TAIL-LIKE

A

Flagella

34
Q

“PACKAGES” USED TO TRANSPORT SUBSTANCES INTO, OUT OF, OR AROUND A CELL

A

Vesicles

35
Q

CONTAINS THE GENETIC MATERIAL THAT DIRECTS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CELL; THE CELL’S “BRAIN”

A

Nucleus

36
Q

TWO LAYERS OF PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS (4 LAYERS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS!) = HIGHLY SELECTIVE

A

Nuclear Envelope

37
Q

REGULATES PASSAGE OF MATERIALS (ESPECIALLY mRNA) BETWEEN THE NUCLEUS AND CYTOPLASM

A

Nuclear Pores

38
Q

SITE OF RIBOSOME PRODUCTION

A

Nucleolus

39
Q

Cells that produce a

great amount of proteins have numerous of these and large versions of these

A

Nucleolus