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PLASMA MEMBRANE
Definition

PREVENTS ESCAPE OF CELL CONTENTS. REGULATES EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS BETWEEN CYTOPLASM AND EXTRACELLULAR FLUID.

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 MICROVILLI

 

Definition

INCREASES ABSORPTIVE SURGACE AREA.

WIDESPREAD SENSORY ROLES

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CILIA

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MOVE SUBSTANCES ALONG CELL SURFACE. WIDESPREAD SENSORY ROLES

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FLAGELLUM
Definition
SPERM MOTILITY
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NUCLEUS
Definition

GENETIC CONTROL CENTER OF CELL.

DIRECTS PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

SHELTERS DNA

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ROUGH ER
Definition
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND MANUFACTURE OF CELLULAR MEMBRANES
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SMOOTH ER
Definition
LIPID SYNTHESIS AND MANUFACTURE OF CELLULAR MEMBRANE
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RIBOSOMES
Definition
INTERPRET THE GENETIC CODE AND SYNTHESIZE POLYPEPTIDES
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GOLGI COMPLEX
Definition
RECEIVES AND MODIFIES NEWLY SYNTHESIZED POLYPETIDES, SYNTHESIZES CARBOHYDRATES AND ADDS CARBOHYDRATES TO GLYCOPROTEINS. PACKAGES CELL PRODUCTS INTO GOLGI VESICLES
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GOLGI VESICLES
Definition
BECOME SECRETORY VESICLES AND CARRY CELL PRODUCTS TO APICAL SURFACE FOR EXOCYTOSIS OR BECOME LYSOSOMES
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LYSOSOMES
Definition
CONTAIN ENZYMES FOR INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION, AUTOPHAGY. PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH AND GLUCOSE MOBILIZATION
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PEROXISOMES
Definition
CONTAIN ENZYMES FOR DETOXIFICATION OF FREE RADICALS ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS OXIDIZE FATTY ACIDS
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MITOCHONDRIA
Definition
ATP SYNTHESIS
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CENTRIOLES
Definition
FORM MITOTIC SPINDLE DURING CELL DIVISION UNPAIRED CENTRIOLES FORM BASAL BODIES OF CILIA AND FLAGELLA
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BASAL BODY
Definition
POINT OF ORIGIN, GROWTH AND ANCHORAGE OF CILIUM OR FLAGELLUM PRODUCES AXONEME
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CENTROSOMES
Definition
ORGANIZING CENTER FOR FORMATION OF MICROTUBULES OF CYTOSKELETON AND MITOTIC SPINDLE
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MICROFILAMENTS
Definition
SUPPORT MICROVILLI AND PLASMA MEMBRANE. INVOLVED IN MUSCLE CONTRACTION AND OTHER CELL MOTILITY AND CELL DIVISION
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INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS
Definition
GIVE SHAPE AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT TO CELL. ANCHOR CELLS TO EACH OTHER AND TO EXTRACELLULAR MATERIAL . COMPARTMENTALIZE CDELL CONTENTS
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MICROTUBULES
Definition
FORM AXONEMES OF CILIA AND FLAGELLA, CENTRIOLES, BASAL BODIES AND MOTOTIC SPINDLES. EABLE MOTILITY OF CELL PARTS.FORM TRACKWAYS THAT DIRECT ORGANELLES AND MACROMOLECULES TO THEIR DESTINATIONS WITHIN A CELL.
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INCLUSION
Definition
STORAGE PRODUCTS OR OTHER PRODUCTS OF CELLULAR METABOLISM OR FOREGIN MATTER RETAINED IN CYTOPLASM
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