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27 Cards in this Set
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Cell Wall
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A Protective layer external to the plasma membrane, protects and maintains shape
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Central Vacuole
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Membrane enclosed sac in plant cells with roles in reproduction, growth and developement
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Chloroplast
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Organelle in plant cells & photosynthesis protists that asorb sinlight & is used to synthesize sugars into CO2 and H2O
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Chromosome
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Gene carrying structure in nucleun of eukaryotic cell
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Cillia
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Cellular appendages for locomotion from a core of 9 outer dobulet microtubles & 2 single MT & covered by membrane
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Cytoplasm
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everything in a cell between the membrane and nucleus, cell jelly and organelles
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Cytoskeleton
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Network of protein fibers in the cytoplasm - microfilaments, intermediant filaments, microtubles
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Endomenbrane system
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Network inside and around eukaryotic cell, related by contact or transfer of vesicles
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Endoplasmic Reticlum (ER)
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Rough and Smooth network outside nucleus for processing of nutrients
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Endosymbiosis
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Process od Evolutionw mitochrondia and chloroplasts in E cells from symbiotic association between small prokaryotics living inside large cells
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Eukaryotic Cell
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All cwlls but bacteria and archea; Has nucleus and organelles that are membrane held
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Extracelluar Matrix
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Substance which cells of animal tissue are held, has proteins and polysaccarides
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Flagellem or flagella
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Like Cillia but different in strucrure
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Golgi Apparatus
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An organelle in EUK cells made of layers that pack, ship, & store products of the ER
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Intermediate Fillament
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Part of the cytoskeleton, A mid-size protien fiber that is ropelike in structure
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Lysosome
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A digestive organelle; Contains hydrolytic enzymes
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Microfilament
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Thinnest of 3 protein fibers that make up the cytoskeleton; A solid helical rod; Refered to as the highway
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Mitochrondis or mitochrondian
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A respitory organelle; Enclosed by 2 membranes where most of the ATP is produced; Converts energy to food(energy)
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Nuclear Envelope
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A double membrane having pores that surrounds the nucleus
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Organelle
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A membrane enclosed sructure with a specialized function within a cell.
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Plasma Membrane
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Phospholipid bilayer which holds molecules of protein and chloroesterol
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Plasmodesma; -desmata
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Channel in plant cell wall that strands of cytoplasm connect to other cells
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Prokaryotic Cell
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Found only in bacteria and archea; has no nucleus
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Ribosome
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RNA and protein structure; Site of protein synthesis in cytoplasm
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Rough ER
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Has attached ribosomes that make proteins, secretory and membrane
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Smooth ER
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A network of interconnected membranous tubles in an eukaryotic cell's cytoplasm; lacks ribosomes
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Vesicle
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Membrane sac used for transport and distribution of proteins and nutrients
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