Cell Organelle Functions Flashcards

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Cytoplasm

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Gel-like substance that fills the cell and holds the organelles in place

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Cell (Plasma) Membrane

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A boundary that surrounds all cells and controls what comes in and out of the cell

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Lysosome

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Keeps the cell clean by digesting waste and worn-out cell parts, can do programmed cell death (apoptosis)

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Nucleus

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Controls the cell's activities by protecting the DNA (the DNA which has code for making proteins is what controls the activities of the cell)

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Golgi Apparatus (Golgi Body)

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Gets vesicles (vesicles are like mini carts that transport proteins around the cell) of protein from the ER and processes, sorts, and ships proteins

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Cell Wall

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A rigid structure that protects and gives support and shape to the plant cell

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Nucleolus

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Makes rRNA which makes up ribosomes

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Chromatin/Chromosomes

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Made up of DNA, the cell's instructions; found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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A network of folded membranes that has ribosomes attached to its surface, makes proteins and packages them for secretion

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Ribosomes

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Manufactures proteins for the cell