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Cell organelles
EOCT practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rough ER | processes proteins |
| smooth ER | removes toxins and lipids, drugs and alcohol |
| cell membrane | regulates cell; involved in homeostasis |
| nucleus | directs cell activities and protein production |
| lysosome | digests wastes; removes broken cell parts; destroys invaders |
| chloroplast | site of photosynthesis |
| ribosome | site of protein sysnthesis; produces proteins |
| nucleolus | produces ribosomes; found in nucleus |
| golgi bodies | packages proteins in vesicles |
| mitochondria | site of cellular respiration; produces ATP |
| vacuole | storage |
| cytoplasm | site of metabolic activities; gives cell shape |
| cell wall | found in plants and fungi and bacteria; provides support |
| centrioles | produce spindle ibers that move chromosomes during cell reproduction |
| chromatin | uncondensed DNA |
| chromosomes | condense DNA |
| nuclear envelope | surrounds nucleus |
| cytoskeleton | protein structure that supports cell to give it form |
| microtubules | part of the cytoskeleton |
| vesicles | transports proteins and waste;made by golgi bodies |