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Details Title: Chap 3 sec 2 Description: cells Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 11/10/2004 06:14:06	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term cell wall Definition provides strengh and support to cell membrane Term nucleus Definition membraned covered organelle that holds the cells' DNA, the "brain" Term nucleolus Definition a dark spot inside the nucleus that makes ribosomes Term nuclear membrane Definition covers the nucleus and lets materials pass through Term ribosomes Definition smallest but most abundant organelles amino acids are hooked together to make proteins. They are found mostly on the E.R. Term endoplasmic reticulum Definition maze of tubular passageways that lead out from the nuclear membrane. It transports proteins Term mitochondria Definition work only with oxygen, ATP is made here, break down food molecules to make ATP, "powerhouse" Term chloroplasts Definition only in plant cells, and contains a green pigment called chlorophyll Term Golgi complex Definition packages and transports materials sent to it from the ER out of the cell Term vesicles Definition membraned covered compartments Term vacuole Definition a starage tank that holds water, food, dissolved materials and sometimes waste Term lysosome Definition small round structures involved with the digestive activities of the cell Term parts of cells in plants and animals Definition Golgi complex, mitochondrion, lysosome, endoplasmic reticulm, cell membrane, ribosome, nucleus Term parts of cells only in plants Definition chloroplast, large vacuole, cell wall Term chromosomes Definition They are made up of DNA and there are 46 found in each cell of humans Term protoplasm Definition all living material found in both plant, and animal cell Term cytoplasm Definition All the living material found inside the cell, but outside the nucleus Term nucleoplasm Definition all living material found only inside the nucleus