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Biology-Cell Structure Chapter
Chapter 4
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10/15/2005

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Term
Vacuole = "storage area" [image]
Definition
organelles that store enzymes and metabolic waste
Term
Nucleus

= "Chief Executive Officer (CEO)"
Definition
directs most of the activities in the cell
Term
Chloroplast

= "power plant"
Definition
in plant cells, organelles that use light to make organic compounds[image]
Term
Cell Membrane

= "shipping & recieving department"
Definition
thin membrane that surrounds the cell
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Cillium and Flagellum

= "delivery trucks"
Definition
hairlike organelles that extend from the surface, and assist in movement
Term
Golgi Apparatus

= "finishing/packaging department"
Definition
the processing, packaging, and secreting organelle of the cell
Term
Cytoplasm

= "factory floor"
Definition
jelly-like substance which contains the various organelles of the cell
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Mitochondrian

= "power plant"
Definition
an organelle that produces ATP (energy)
Term
Cell Wall

= "factory walls"
Definition
rigid structure found in plant cells that helps support and protect the plant
Term
Endoplasmic Reticulum

= "the assmebly line"
Definition
functions as the pathway through which molecules move form one part of the cell to another
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Cytoskeleton

= "support beams"
Definition
network of protein strands that help the cell mainatin its size and shape
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Lysosome

= "maintainance department"
Definition
small organelle that contains the cell's digestive enzymes
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Ribosome

= "workers in the assmebly line"
Definition
site of protein production
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