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Microtubule

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Track for stuff to move on (thick hollow tubes)

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Cytoplasm

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Holds everything in place. The fluid

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Microfilament

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Pulls membrane to move cell (thin rods)

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Intermediate fibers

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Anchors organelles to a certain spot

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3 fibers of cytoskeleton

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Microtubule-> tracks for stuff to move on
Microfilaments-> whole cell movement
Intermediate fibers-> anchors organelles

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Nucleus

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Directs cell activity

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Nuclear envelope

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The membrane that surrounds the nucleus. Let’s stuff in and out of nucleus

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Nucleolus

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In the nucleus, holds ribosomes stores RNA

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2 kinds of ribosomes

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Free– suspended in cytoplasm (stays in cell)

Bound– leaves cell, can switch between the two, makes proteins stuck to other organelles

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Vesicle

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Membrane bound packages

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Moves substances around in the cell. A railroad

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Smooth ER

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No ribosomes. Makes lipids, breaks down toxins

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Rough ER

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Transports proteins, bumpy because of proteins.

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Golgi apparatus

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Stores and packages proteins. The UPS

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Lysosome

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Recycles old/broken organelles. Digests to provide nutrients

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Vacuole

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Storage

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Central vacuole

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Single large one in plants, stores water, nutrients, wastes, lipids

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Contractile vacuole

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Pumps excess water out of cell

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Chloroplast

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Uses light to make glucose. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

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Mitochondria

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Uses glucose to make ATP the cells energy. Makes the cells energy

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Flagella

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Movement (long tail)

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Pili

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attaches to things (Hairs)

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Cell wall

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Structure and support. Plants

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Cell membrane

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Let’s materials in and out of cell, gate keeper

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