Organelles Inside of a Cell Flashcards
Cytoskeleton
Provides shape and structure and also helps it move
Nucleus
Stores genetic information
Smooth ER
Create lipids and removes toxics
Rough ER
Creates proteins
Ribosome
Make proteins; in the rough ER; made in nucleolus
Golgi apparatus
Modifies, packages, and transports proteins
Vesicle
Transport proteins or other cellular materials
Mitochondria
Generates energy by breaking down food into ATP through cellular respiration
Central Vacuole
Stores water, waste, and nutrients and helps plants stay upright
Vacuole
Storage of cellular materials
Lysosomes
Gets rid of worn out cell parts and foreign materials
Centrioles
Pulls DNA apart during cell division
Cell wall
Shape and structure and controls what moves in and and out of the cell
Chloroplast
Converts solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis