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14 Cards in this Set
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Vesicles
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Small membrane sack that stores and transports substances or digests cellular products and waste
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Golgi Apparatus
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Modifies and packages newly synthesized proteins and carbohydrates
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Plasma Membrane
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The unit membrane that encloses a cell and controls the traffic of molecules in and out of the cell
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Cytoplasm
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Contents of a cell between its plasma membrane and its nuclear envelope, consisting of cytosol, organelles and cytoskeleton
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Microtubules
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Serves as structural components within cells and are involved in mitosis, cytokinesis, and vesicular transport
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Synthesizes lipids and steroids, metabolizes carbohydrates and steroids
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Lysosome
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Digests worn out organelles, food particles, and engulfed viruses and bacteria
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Mitochondrion
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An organelle specialized to synthesize ATP
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
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Used in the synthesis and packaging of proteins
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Ribosomes
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Reads nucleotide sequence of mRNA to assemble amino acids
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Nucleus
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Stores the DNA (genetic material) for the cell
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Nucleolus
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where rRNA is transcribed and assembled
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Nuclear Envelope
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A double lipid bilayer that encloses the genetic material in eukaryotic cells
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Centriole
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Involved in the organization of the mitotic spindle and in the completion of cytokinesis
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