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Cell Parts Vocab
Parts of the cell and their purposes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cell Membrane | "The bouncer of the club"; Some things come in and some things come out |
| Nucleas | The control center of the cell |
| Nuclear Envelope | Protects the nucleus; selectively permeable |
| Nuclear Pore | "Like a tunnel"; Allows bigger things in and out of the nucleas |
| Nucleolus | Stores information for making RNA |
| Chromatin | Uncoiled DNA; Looks like squiggles |
| Cytoplasm | A jelly-like substance that gives the cell its shape |
| Mitochondrion | The powerhouse of the cell |
| Golgi-complex | "The UPS of the cell" |
| Centriole | Is used when the cell divides |
| Microtubule | "The cellular highway"; Moves things around |
| Microfilament | Looks like string; What gives the cell its shape |
| Ribosome | Makes protein |
| E.R. | Rough E.R.-Surface is rough with ribosomes; Protein factory Smooth E.R.-Surface without the ribosomes |
| Vacuole | A storage unit |
| Lysosome | "The janitor of the cell |