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CH.4
Inside the Cell
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| actin filament | |
| adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | |
| adhesion junction | |
| capsule | |
| cell | |
| cell theory | |
| cellular respiration | |
| cell wall | structure that surrounds a plant, protistan, fungal, or bacterial cell and maintains the cell's shape and rigidity. |
| centriole | cell organelle, existing in pairs, that occurs in the centrosome and may help organize a mitotic spindle for chromosome movement during animal cell division. |
| centrosome | central microtubule organizing center of cells. in animal cells, it contains two centrioles. |
| chloroplast | Membrane-bounded organelle in algae and plants with chlorophyll-containing membranous thylakoids; where photosynthesis takes place. |
| chromatin | network of fibrils consisting of DNA and associated proteins observed within a nucleus that is not dividing. |
| chromosome | structure, consisting of DNA complexed with proteins, tat transmits genetic information from the previous generation of cells and organisms to the next generation. |
| cilium (pl., cilia) | short, hair-like projection from the plasma membrane occurring usually in larger numbers. |
| conjugation pili | Tubular, rigid bacterial structures that enable the transmission of DNA from cell to cell. |
| cristae | |
| cytoplasm | |
| cytoskeleton | |
| endomembrane system | |
| endoplasmic reticulum (ER) | |
| Eukaryotic cell | |
| extracellular matrix (ECM) | |
| fimbria (pl., fimbriae) | |
| Flagellum (pl., Flagella) | |
| gap junction | |
| Golgi apparatus | |
| granum | |
| lysosome | |
| matrix | |
| microtubule | |
| mitochondrion | |
| motor protein | |
| nuclear envelope | |
| nuclear pore | |
| nucleoid | |
| nucleolus | |
| nucleus | |
| organelle | |
| plasma membrane |