Parts Of A Cell Flashcards

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Cell membrane

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A thin, flexible barrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell.

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Nucleus

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In cells, a large oval organelle that contains he cell’s heretic material in fork of Dan and controls many of the cell’s activities.

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Organelles

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Tiny organs of the cell

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Ribosomes

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Small grain shaped organelles that produce proteins

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Cytoplasm

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Fills the region between the cell me,brave and the nucleus.

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Mitochondria

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.Rod-shaped organelles that convert energy in food molecules to energy the cell can use to carry out its functions.

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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

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.An organelle that forms a maze of passageways in which proteins and other materials are carried from one part of the cell to another.

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Golgi Apparatus

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An organelle in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum, packages them, and distributes them to other parts of the cell.

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Vacuole

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A sac-like organelle that stores water, food, and other materials.

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chloroplast

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An organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food.

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Lysosome

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A cell organelle which contains chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones and that can be used by the rest of the cell.

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Cell wall

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A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells d plants and so,e other organisms.

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