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Vocab Chapter 7 cell
cell organelles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plasma membrane | special boundry that controls what enters the cell |
| Cell wall | protects the cell and gives it support |
| Centrioles | organelles made of microtubules that function during cell division |
| Nucleus | the central organelle that contains the cell's DNA |
| Vacoule | sac used to store food, enzymes, and other materials needed by a cell |
| Chloroplasts | organelle that converts sunlight to energy |
| cilia | short hairs that help move the cell |
| flagella | longer and lesser hairs than the cilia |
| Golgi Apparatus | flattened stack of membranes that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins into sacs called vesicles |
| Cytoplasm | fluid inside the cell |
| cytoskeleton | fibers that keep the cells shape |
| Ribosome | organelle that manufactures proteins |
| Nucleolus | produces ribosomes |
| Lysosomes | digest excessive or worn-out organelles and food particles |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | membrane system of folded sacs and interconnected channels that serves as the site for protein and lipid synthesis |
| Phospholipids bilayer | two layers of phospholipids are arranged tail-to-tail |
| Mitochondria | energy generators that convert fuel particles into useable energy |
| Chromatin | heredity material that condenses into ribosomes in cell division |
| cell | the basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms |
| organelle | part of a cell that perform a specific job so that the cell functions efficiently |