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Organelle review
Organelle review in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
Term | Definition |
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Ribosome | Creates protein. |
DNA | Contains genetic instructions. |
Nucleus | Stores DNA and coordinates the cells activities. |
Mitochondria | The powerhouse of the cell. Creates energy or ATP through cellular respiration. |
Cytoplasm | In eukaryotes and prokaryotes, jelly-like substance that allows other organelles to communicate with each other. |
Cell membrane | In eukaryotes and prokaryotes, controls what enters and exists the cell. |
Cell wall | Not in plant cells, hold the structure and shape of a cell and regulates what enters and exists. |
Vacuole | Stores water, food, and waste. |
Chloroplast | Only in plant cells that make photosynthesis. |
Golgi apparatus | The job of the Golgi apparatus is to process and bundle macromolecules like proteins and lipids as they are synthesized within the cell. |
Endoplasmic recticulum | Continuous membrane system that forms a series of flattened sacs within the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and serves multiple functions, being important particularly in the synthesis, folding, modification, and transport of proteins |