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Cell Organelles
Cell Organelles and there functions
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Anatomy
12th Grade
10/08/2012

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Mitochondria
Definition
Powerhouse of cell
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Mitochondria
Definition
Cellular respiration occurs/ATP is created/site of ATP synthesis
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Outer boundary of entire cell
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Cell Membrane
Definition
regulates what enters/leaves cell
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Contains surface proteins and carbs
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Cell Membrane
Definition
Aids in Cell to Cell communication and self-recognition
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Golgi Body
Definition
packages proteins, especially for export
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Golgi Body
Definition
Creates "blebs" (packages)/ejects them into the cytoplasm and then membrane
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Ribosome
Definition
Creates/manufactures proteins
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Ribosome
Definition
Made of RNA and creates proteins using Amino Acids
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Ribosome
Definition
May be free in Cytoplasm or attached to the RER
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Ribosomes
Definition
Site of protein synthesis
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough ER, RER
Definition
Texture due to attached ribosomes
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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough ER, RER
Definition
Modifies proteins made by ribosomes
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum, SER
Definition
May transport proteins between RER and Golgi
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum, SER
Definition
Modifies lipids
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Nucleus
Definition
Controls all cell activity through DNA and RNA
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Nucleolus
Definition
Area of nucleus where DNA and RNA exist
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Nucleolus
Definition
Part of nucleus that manufactures ribosomes
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Chromosomes
Definition
DNA which is loosely coiled and not dividing
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Chromatin
Definition
DNA which is tightly coiled and ready to divide (mitosis)
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Vesicle
Definition
Membrane enclosed sac which transports things within the cell (example bleb)
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Lysosome
Definition
Suicide vesicle which can self digest old organelles or entire cell
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Lysosome
Definition
Contains digestive enzyme
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Lysosome
Definition
May digest bacteria that certain cells have engulfed
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Microtubules
Definition
Self assembles to make a transportation system
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Microfilaments
Definition
In muscle cells, these move to create contractions
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Intermediate filaments
Definition
Proteins which resist forces on the cell to strengthen it
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Centrioles
Definition
Microtubules which form spindles onto which chromosomes move during mitosis
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