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Organelles
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nucleus | Storage and transmission of generic information |
| Ribosomes | Synthesizing the component of the plasma membrane that gives a cell is specificity |
| Golgi apparatus | Sorts and modified proteins into discrete transport vesicles that travel to the plasma membrane for exocytosis or to organelle within the cell |
| Endosomes | Sorting, modifying the directing vesicular traffic of cells |
| Mitochondria | Most of the energy that is required for physiological event to occur |
| Lysosomes | Breaks down bacteria and the debris from dead cells |
| Peroxisomes | Consume molecular oxygen, removes hydrogen from organic molecules (lipids, alcohol) |
| Smooth ER | Site at which certain lipid molecules are synthesized |
| Rough ER | Protein synthesis/ packing of ribosomes |
| Nucleolus | Regions of DNA that contain the genes for RNA |