organelles of cell definitions

Question 1

what part of a cell separates the internal contents from cell’s external environment

Answer 1

cell membrane

Question 2

the cell membrane has hydrophilic or hydrophobic heads

Answer 2

hydrophilic

Question 3

the cell membrane has hydrophilic or hydrophobic tails

Answer 3

hydrophobic

Question 4

what part of the cell has a structural system that provides mechanical support

Answer 4

cytoskeleton

Question 5

what part of a cell includes all the cell organelles and the cytosol which is the gel-like aqueous (watery) solution that fills the interior of the cell

Answer 5

cytoplasm

Question 6

what are the contents of the nucleus called

Answer 6

nucleoplasm

Question 7

what consists primarily of water but also contains countless other dissolved chemicals and proteins in the cell

Answer 7

cytosol

Question 8

what are the extensions or attachments of cell membranes

Answer 8

flagella and cilia

Question 9

what are the long whip-like energetically driven structures that generate LOCOMOTION of a cell

Answer 9

flagella

Question 10

what are hair-like extensions of the cell membrane and has the primary function of locomotion with independent movement ability of either the cell or itself or fluids on the cell surface

Answer 10

cilia

Question 11

what structure of a cell is a membrane-bound structure that contains DNA of a cell and the nucleolus

Answer 11

nucleus

Question 12

what is the structure where ribosomes are constructed

Answer 12

nucleolus

Question 13

what structure of a cell contains enzymes that extract chemical energy from nutrients (glucose) and convert the energy into potential energy stored in high energy molecules usually ATP or NADH

Answer 13

mitochondria

Question 14

what are the nucleic acids of all cells and are the genetic information molecules of the cell

Answer 14

DNA and RNA molecules

Question 15

what in a cell can convert an energy source into high energy molecules that can drive other chemical reaction within a cell

Answer 15

enzymes

Question 16

what replicates DNA within a cell

Answer 16

protein

Question 17

what are the small spherical complexes of proteins that can read messenger RNA transcripts and assemble the proteins coded for in the mRNA

Answer 17

ribosomes

Question 18

ribosomes assemble proteins from individual amino acids that are dissolved in what

Answer 18

cytosol

Question 19

what are the convoluted network of membrane passageways that is connected to the cell nucleus then continues into the cell cytoplasm

Answer 19

Rough and Smooth ER

Question 20

what structure is involved in the synthesis of lipid compounds and the transport and packaging of various compounds produced by the cell

Answer 20

Smooth ER

Question 21

which structure works in coordination with the Golgi apparatus

Answer 21

smooth ER

Question 22

which structure distributes ribosomes in the RER, giving a granular or rough appearance to the RER membranes

Answer 22

rough ER

Question 23

which structure functions with the smooth ER to process, package, and transport a wide variety of products synthesized with the cell

Answer 23

Golgi apparatus

Question 24

what is the structure in eukaryotic cells that assemble and organize microtubule structures

Answer 24

centrosomes