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Cells whose primary complement of DNA is enclosed within a nucleus
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Eukaryotic cells
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Cells whose DNA is not enclosed within a nucleus.
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Prokaryotic Cells
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A membrane-lined compartment that encloses the primary complement of DNA in eukayotic cells.
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Nucleus
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A highly organized structure, internal to a cell, that serves some specialized function.
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Organelle
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A protein-rich, jelly-like fluid in which the cell's organelles are immersed.
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Cytosol
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The outer lining of the cell
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Plasma membrane
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The region of the cell inside the plasma membrane but outside the nucleus.
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Cytoplasm
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The double membrane that lines the nucleus in eukaryotic cells
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Nuclear envelope
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An organelle that serves as the site of protein synthesis in the cell.
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Ribosome
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A network of membranes, found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, that aids in the processing of proteins.
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Rough endoplasmic reticulum
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The area within the nucleus of a cell devoted to the production of ribosomal RNA.
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Nucleolus
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The mumbrane-lined spheres that move within this nework , carrying proteins and other molecules.
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Transport vesicles
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An interactive group of membrane-lined organelles and transport vesicles within eikaryotic cells.
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Endomembrane system
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A network of membranes that processes and distributes proteins that come to it from the rough ER.
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Golgi Complex
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A network of membranes that is the site of the synthesis of various lipids and a site at which potentiallyy harmful substances are detoxified within the cell.
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Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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An organelle found in animal cells that digests worn-out cellular materials and foreign materials that enter the cell.
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Lysome
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Oganells that are the primary sites of energy convesion in eikayotic cells.
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Mitochondria
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A network of protein filaments that functions in cell structure, cell movement, and the transport of materials within the cell.
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Cytoskeleton
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Made from the protein actin and serve as a support of "structural" filament in almost all eukaryotic cells.
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microfilaments
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Filaments of the cytoskeleton intermediate in diameter between microfilaments and microtubules.
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Intermediate filaments
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The largest of the cytoskeletal filaments, taking the form of tubes composed of protein tubulin.
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Microtubules
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Microtubular extensions of cells that take the form of a large number of active hair-like growths stemming from them.
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Cilia
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the relatively long, tail-like extensions of some cells that function in cell movement.
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Flagella
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A large, watery plant organelle that has many functions, among them the storage of nutrients and the retension and degradation of waste products.
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Central Vacule
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Plant cells that have an outer protective lining
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Cell wall
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The sites of photosynthesis in algae cells, as well as plant cells, but no other oranisms possess these specialized organelles
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Chloroplasts
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A series of tiny channels in the plant cell wall
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Plasmodesmata
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A protein assemblage that forms a communication channel between adjaacent animal cells.
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Gap junction
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