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Endoplasmic reticulum
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Complex organelle composed of membrane bound, flattened sacs, elongated canals, and fluid filled bubble like sacs called vesicles.
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Ribosomes
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Where protein synthesis occurs, are attached to ER membranes or are scattered throughout the cytoplasm.
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Polysomes
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Clusters of ribosomes in the cytoplasm that enable a cell to quickly manufacture proteins required in a large amount.
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Golgi apparatus
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Stack of about six flattened membranous sacs.
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Mitochondria
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Elongated, fluid filled sacs that vary in size and shape.
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Lysosomes
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"Garbage disposal of the cell" tiny membranous sacs.
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Microtubule and microfilaments
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Two types of thin threadlike strands in the cytoplasm. Microfilaments are tiny rods of a protein called actin.
Microtubules are long slender tubes with diameters two or three times those of microfilms to. |
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Nucleolus
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Dense body composed largely of RNA and protein
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Chromatin
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Loosely coiled fibers of DNA and protein that condensers form chromosomes
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Nuclear envelope
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Roughly spherical structure, double layer consists of inner and outer lipid bolster membranes
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Cilia and flagella
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Motile projections attached beneath the cell membrane.
Cilia propel fluid over cellular surfaces Flagellum enable sperm to move |
