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13 Cards in this Set
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Plasma Membrane
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Size 7-9 x 10-3
Found in plants and animals membrane at the boundary of every cell that acts as a selective barrier, thereby regulating the cell's chemical composition Electron Microscope |
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Cell Wall
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Size - Variable
Found in Plants Protective layer external to the plasma membrane in plant cells Light and Electron Microscope |
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Nucleus
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Size - 4-10 (diameter)
Found in plants and animals The chromosome containing organelle of a eukaryotic cell |
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Chloroplast
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Size 8 Length
Found in Plants Absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxie and water. Where photosynthesis takes place. Light and Electron Microscopes |
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Mitochondria
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Size .5 -10 diameter
Found in plants and animals Site of cellular respiration |
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Vacuole
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Size - Variable
Found in plants Membrane enclosed sac containing a variety of substances important to reproduction, growth and development Light and Electron Microscope |
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Golgi Apparatus
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Size - Variable
Found in plants and animals stacks of flat membranous sacs that modify, store and route products of the ER Electron Microscope |
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Peroxisomes
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Size - .2 - 1.5 diameter
Found in plants and animals microbody containing enzymes that transfer hydrogen from various substrates to oxygen Electron Microscope |
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Lysosomes
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Size .2-.5 diameter
Found in animals membrane enclosed sac of hydrolytic enzymes found in cytoplasm Transports undigested material to cell membrane for removal Electron Microscope |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum
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.005-.01 (tube diameter)
Found in plants and animals Network that is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane and composed of ribosome-studded and ribosome free areas Electron Microscope |
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Ribosomes
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Size 1.7-2.4 x 10-3 diameter
Found in plants and animals site of protein synthesis Miniature protein factories Electron Microscope |
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Flagella
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Size .2 diameter
Found in animals a long cellular appendage specialized for locomotion moving small particles across the cell surface. |
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Cilia
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Size 2-150 length
Found in animals a short cellular appendage specialized for locomotion Moving small particles across the cell surface |
