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Centrosome |
Where the cell's microtubules are initiated, contains a pair of centrioles |
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Microvilli |
Projections that increase the cell's surface area |
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Peroxisome |
Organelle with specialized metabolic functions, produces hydrogen peroxide as a by-product then turns it to water |
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Mitochondrion |
Where cellular respiration occurs and ATP is generated |
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Chromatin |
In the Nucleus, material consisting of DNA and proteins; visible in a dividing cell as individual condensed chromosomes |
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Nucleolus |
Non-membranous structure in Nucleus that is involved in production of ribosomes |
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Nuclear Envelope |
Double membrane enclosing the nucleus, has pores |
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Ribosomes |
(Small dots) Complexes that make proteins; free in cytosol or bound to rough ER or nuclear envelope |
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Golgi Apparatus |
Organelle active in synthesis, modification, sorting, and secretion of cell products |
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Lysosome |
Digestive organelle where macromolecules are hydrolyzed |
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Plasmodesmata |
(In plant cells only) Cytoplasmic channels through cell walls that connect the cytoplasms of adjacent cells |
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Central Vacuole |
(Plant cells) Large organelle, functions include storage, breakdown of waste products, hydrolysis of macromolecules |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) |
Network of membranous sacs and tubes; active in membrane synthesis and other synthetic and metabolic processes, has rough and smooth regions. |
