Parts Of A Cell

Question 1

Sites of protein synthesis

Answer 1

Ribosomes

Question 2

Digestive areas in cells

Answer 2

Lysomes

Question 3

A continuation of the cell’s nuclear membrane; two varieties (smooth and rough)

Answer 3

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

Question 4

Fingerlike extensions of the plasma membrane which helped increase the cells surface area

Answer 4

Microvilli

Question 5

Cell’s “fluid” (also known as cytosol); Contains all of the cells organelles

Answer 5

Cytoplasm

Question 6

Defines the outside perimeter tour of the cell; it is permeable

Answer 6

Plasma Membrane

Question 7

Sites containing powerful enzymes and help handle free radicals rendering them harmless

Answer 7

Peroxisomes

Question 8

“Power plants of the cell” provide most of the cells ATP

Answer 8

Mitochondria

Question 9

The “traffic director” for cellular proteins

Answer 9

Golgi apparatus

Question 10

Sites of ribosome manufacturing

Answer 10

Nucleoli

Question 11

Contains your DNA; command center of the cell

Answer 11

Nucleus

Question 12

Paired cylindrical bodies that only show up in a cell when it is ready to grow and divide

Answer 12

Centrioles