7667751566 | Flagellum | Motility structure. Present in some eukaryotic, animal cells and some prokaryotic cells. | ![]() | 0 |
7667751567 | Cytoskeleton | Reinforces cell's shape; functions in cell movement; components are made of protein. | ![]() | 1 |
7667751569 | Mitochondrion | Organelle where cellular respiration occurs and most ATP is generated | ![]() | 2 |
7667751570 | Lysosome | Organelle where macromolecules are hydrolyzed | ![]() | 3 |
7667751571 | Golgi Appartus | Organelle active in synthesis, modification, sorting and secretion of cellular products. | ![]() | 4 |
7667751572 | Ribosomes | Complexes that make proteins. Free in cytosol or bound to rough endoplasmic reticulum. | ![]() | 5 |
7667751573 | Plasma Membrane | Membrane enclosing the cell | ![]() | 6 |
7667751574 | Nucleus | organelle containing DNA | ![]() | 7 |
7667751575 | Nucleolus | Where rRNA is made, proteins are imported, and ribosomes are assembled. | 8 | |
7667751576 | Chromatin | DNA & Proteins | 9 | |
7667751577 | Chromosomes | DNA & Proteins (Highly condensed) | 10 | |
7667751578 | Nuclear Envelope | double membrane enclosing the nucleus | 11 | |
7667751579 | Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum | Makes proteins, distributes transport vesicles. Type of ER. | 12 | |
7667751580 | Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum | Makes lipids & Detoxifies poisons | 13 | |
7667751581 | Vacuole | Prominent organelle in plant cells. Contains water. | 14 | |
7667751582 | Chloroplast | Photosynthetic organelle | ![]() | 15 |
7667751583 | Cell wall | Found in prokaryotic cells as well as eukaryotic plant cells. Outer layer that maintains shape and protects cell. | ![]() | 16 |
7667751584 | Prokaryotes | Unicellular organism lacking membrane bound organelles | 17 | |
7667751585 | Eukaryotes | Unicellular or multicullelar organisms with membrane mound organelles. | 18 | |
7667751586 | Transport Vesicle | Vesicles in transport from one part of the cell to another. | 19 | |
7667767625 | Cell Theory | States that all living things are composed of cells and that all cells come from other cells | 20 | |
7667773227 | Plasma Membrane | Forms a flexible boundary between the living cell and it's surroundings | 21 | |
7667775796 | Cytosol | Being bounded by a plasma membrane, the interior of all cells is filled with a thick, jellylike fluid | 22 | |
7667783429 | Nucleoid | Region of dense DNA in a prokaryotic cell | ![]() | 23 |
7667792302 | Extracellular matrix | Helps hold cells together in tissues and protects and supports the plasma membrane | ![]() | 24 |
7667795037 | Plasmodesmata | Pores or channels through the cell wall connecting two plant cells | ![]() | 25 |
7667824463 | Animal Cell | ![]() | 26 | |
7667825479 | Plant Cell | ![]() | 27 |
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