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11 Cards in this Set
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Cytoskeleton
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Network of protein filaments that gives shape and support to cells.
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Mitochondrion
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Organelle where respiration occurs.
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Ribosome
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Organelle that makes proteins by putting together chains of amino acids using cell DNA instructions.
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Golgi complex
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Where the packaging and distribution of proteins occurs.
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Cell wall
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Rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane.
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Vacuole
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Fluid filled vesicle found in the cells of most animals, plants, and fungi.
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Chloroplast
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Organelles where photosynthesis occurs.
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Lyosomes
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Organelles that contain digestive enzymes, which break down worn-out and damaged organelles, waste materials, and foreign invaders in the cell.
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Nucleus
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A membrane bound organelle that contains the cells DNA and that has a role in processes such as growth, metabolism, and reproduction.
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Smooth ER
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A Tubular structure that lacks ribosomes. Functions: lipid synthesis, calcium concentration, and receptors on cell membrane proteins.
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Rough ER
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Made of a system of membranous tubes and sacs, that is studded with ridosomes on its surface giving it a rough appearance under the microscope.
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