Parts Of The Cells Flashcards
Mitochondria
Produces the energy a cell needs to carry out its functions
I am a “mighty” power house
Golgi bodies
Receives proteins and materials from the ER packages them and distributed them
I’m a GOLden packer
Chloroplasts
Captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food in a plant cells
Make me something sweet to eat
Lysosomes
Uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts
I clean things up
Lysol
Cell membrane
Controls what comes into and out of a cell found in plant and animal cells
Members only can come and go
Vacuoles vesicles
Stores food water. Wastes and other materials
I will store anything
Vacuum bags
Nucleus
Control center of the cell contains DNA
I’m the control center
Cytoplasm
Gel like fluid where the organelles are found
Sail thru my plasma
Endoplasmic reticulum
Has passageways that carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another
I’m a transportER
Ribosomes
Assembles amino acids to create proteins
I make SOME nice proteins
Cell wall
Ridged outer layer of a plant cell
I’m a brick wall
Nucleolus
Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes
I am the little nucleus
Chromatin
Tiny strands inside the nucleus thy contain the instructions for directing the cells functions
I’m a tin of information
The structure of a lysosomes
Consist of a single membrane surrounding powerful digestive enzymes
Function of a lysosomes
Is that they dissolve bacteria and other foreign bodies