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Word Roots Quiz Ch. 6 Flashcards

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Centro

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The center

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Soma

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A body

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Chloro

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Green

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Cili

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Hair

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Cyto

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Cell

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-ell

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Small

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Endo

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Inner

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Eu

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True

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Extra

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Outside

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Flagell

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Whip

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Glyco

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Sweet

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Lamin

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Sheet/layer

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Lyso

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Loosen

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Micro

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Small

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Tubul

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A little tube

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Nucle

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Nucleus

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Oid

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Like

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Centrosome

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Structure present in the cytoplasm of all animal cells, important during cell division

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Chloroplast

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The site of photosynthesis in plants and algae

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Cilium

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A short hair-like cellular appendage with a microtubule core

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Cytosol

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A semifluid medium in a cell in which are located organelles

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Organelle

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A small membrane-enclosed structure with a specialized function in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells

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Endomembrane system

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The system of membranes within a cell that includes the nuclear envelope, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vacuoles, and the plasma membrane

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Eukaryotic cell

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A cell that has a true nucleus

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Extracellular matrix

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The substance in which animal tissue cells are embedded

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Flagellum

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A long whip-like cellular appendage that moves cells

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Glycoprotein

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A protein covalently bonded to a carbohydrate

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Nuclear lamina

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A netlike array of protein filaments that maintains the shape of the nucleus

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Lysosome

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A membrane-enclosed sac of hydrolytic enzymes that a cell uses to digest macromolecules

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Microtubule

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A hollow rod of tubulin protein in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells

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Nucleoid

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The region where the genetic material is concentrated in prokaryotic cells

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