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13910549691Cell organelles0
13910557069Water PotentialSymbol is greek letter psi (trident shape) Water moves across a membrane from solution with higher water potential to solution with lower water potential -Water potential of pure water=0 -addition of solute to water lowers psi -Water flows from hypotonic to hypertonic solutions1
13910598140Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)-membranous system of channels and flattened sacs that traverse the cytoplasm -Rough ER - site of protein synthesis -Smooth ER - -Sythesizes steroid hormones and other lipids -Connects rough ER to Golgi apparatus -Carries out various detoxification processes2
13910629130Golgi ApparatusPackages and secretes substances produced in the ER -Lies near nucleus; consists of flattened membranous sacs3
13910640271Nucleus-Contains chromosomes (DNA) wrapped with special proteins into a chromatin network -surrounded by selectively permeable membrane that contains nuclear pores for the passage of large molecules like mRNA4
13910655816Microscopes-Light microscope - common scope -Phase-contrast microscope-examines living tissue without staining -Electron Microscopes (EM) -High magnification -High resolution -Tissue is killed during elaborate processing -Two types: transmission and scanning EM5
13910689349Nucleolus-prominent region seen in the nucleus during interphase -Where ribosome components are synthesized and assembled6
13910700440LysosomesSacs of hydrolytic enzymes surrounded by a single membrane -principal site of intracellular digestion of macromolecules -carry out programmed destruction of cells, apoptosis, using their hydrolytic enzymes -found in large numbers in phagocytic white blood cells7
13910725516PeroxisomesContain enzyme that converts harmful H2O2 to water -in liver cells, detoxify alcohol8
13910732546DesmosomesCell-to-cell communication -Junctions function as rivets, fasteing cells together into strong epithelial sheets in animals -in cervix of the uterus, they strengthen tissue during the stretching required during childbirth.9
13910764522Cell Wall-found in plant cells; not in animal cells -in plants and algae, it consists of cellulose (polysaccharide) -In fungi, it consists of chitin -Primary cell wall: immediately outside plasma membrane -secondary cell wall: where found, located outside primary cell wall10
13910794664Food Vacuolesformed by phagocytosis11
13910797791Central Vacuolesfound in mature plant cells enclosed in a specialized membrane called a tonoplast12
13910808042Contractile Vacuoles-found in freshwater protista -pump out excess water that diffuses inward because organisms live in a hypotonic environment13

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