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23 Cards in this Set
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Centriole |
Located inside the microtuble-organizing center. Functions in mitotic spindle formation. |
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Chloroplast |
Organelle that contains chlorophyll. Its function is photosynthesis. |
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Chromosone |
Made up of DNA, controls hereditary and cellular activities. |
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Cilia, Flagella |
Move small particles past fixed particles. |
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Cytomembrane System |
Organelles functioning as a system to move and package new proteins and lipids |
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Cytoplasm |
Dissolves substances; houses organelles and vesicles. |
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Cytoskeleton |
Assists cell movement, site for binding of certain enzymes. |
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Cytosol |
Serves as a fluid medium for metabolic reactions. |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum |
Storage and internal transport: Rough ER is a site for attachment of ribosomes, Smooth ER makes lipids. |
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Golgi Apparatus |
Sorts, packages, and routes cell's synthesized products. |
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Lysosome |
Digests materials |
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Microbodies |
Isolate particular chemical activities from the rest of the cell. |
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Microfilament |
Gives structural support and assists in cell movement |
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Microtubule |
Assists in the movement of flagella, cilia and chromosones, transport system |
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Microtubule Organizing Center |
Dense site in the cytoplasm that gives rise to large numbers of microtubules with different functions in the cytoskeleton |
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Mitochondrion |
Converts energy into a form the cell can use |
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Nucleolus |
Preassembly point for ribosomes |
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Nucleus |
Contains DNA that controls the metabolic processes and genetics
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Plasma Membrane |
Protection; Regulation of material movement, cell to cell recognition |
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Ribosomes |
Site of protein synthesis |
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Vacuole |
Storage site for food, also pumps water out of cell |
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Vaults |
Dock at nuclear pores, pick up molecules synthesized in the nucleus, and deliver their load to various places within the cell |
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Vesicle |
Site of intracellular digestion, storage, or transport. |
