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Science: Cellular
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nerve cell | Neuron |
| dendrites | A short branched extension of a nerve cell along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body. |
| xylem | The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody elements in the stem. |
| chloroplast | A plastid that contains chlorophyll in which photosynthesis. |
| energy consumption | It is the consumption of energy or power. |
| protein production | Biochemistry |
| DNA | deoyribonucleuic acid |
| organelles | It is any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell. |
| mitochondria | An organelle found in large number in most cells, in which cells, in the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. |
| lysosome | It is an organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane. |
| vacuoles | They are storage bubbles found in cells. |
| endoplasmic recticulum | It is a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell, continuous will the nuclear membrane. |