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13 Cards in this Set
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Digestive organelle where macromolecules are hydrolyzed.
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Lysosome
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Region where the cell's microtubules are initiated; contains a pair of centrioles.
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Centrosome
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reinforces cells shape; functions in the cell movement; components are made of proteins.
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Cytoskeleton
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projections that increase the cells surface area
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microvilli
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organelle with various specialized metabolic functions; produces hydrogen peroxide as a by product then converts it to water
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peroxisome
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organelle where cellular respiration occurs and most ATP is generated.
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mitochondrion
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organelle active in synthesis, modification, sorting, and secretion of cell products.
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golgi apparatus
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(small brown dots) complexes that make proteins, free in cytosol or bound to rough ER or nuclear envelope.
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Ribosomes
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Membrane enclosing the cell
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Plasma membrane
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Network of membranous sacs and tubes; active in membrane synthesis and other synthetic and metabolic processes; has rough (ribosome-studded) and smooth regions
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Endoplasmic reticulum
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double membrane enclosing the nucleus; perforated by pores; continuous with ER
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Nuclear envelope
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nonmembranous structure involved in production of ribosomes; a nucleus has one or more nucleoli
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Nucleolus
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material consisting of DNA and proteins; visible in a dividing cell as individual condensed chromosomes
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chromatin
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