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Words of Biology
To help describe organelles and their functions
Biology Vocabulary | Definitions/Functions |
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CELL WALL | The definite boundary that is part of the outer structure of the cell. |
CENTRIOLE | SEPARATES CHROMOSOMES DURING CELL DIVISION |
CHLOROPLAST | HELPS WITH PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
CYTOPLASM | MATERIAL INSIDE THE CELL MEMBRANE - NOT INCLUDING THE NUCLEUS |
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM | STORES, SEPARATES, AND SERVES AS THE CELL'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM |
GOLGI APPARATUS | MODIFIES, SORTS, AND PACKAGES THE PROTEINS FOR THE ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM |
LYSOSOME | TRANSPORTS UNDIGESTED MATERIAL TO CELL MEMBRANE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL |
MITOCHONDRIA | RECYCLES AND DECOMPOSES PROTEINS, FATS, AND CARBOHYDRATES |
NUCLEAR ENVELOPE | LAYER OF 2 MEMBRANES THAT SURROUND THE NUCLEUS OF THE CELL |
NUCLEOLUS | CONTAINS RNA TO MANUFACTURE PROTEINS |
NUCLEUS | CONTAINS DNA AND CONTROLS THE CELL'S ACTIVITIES |
ORGANELLE | PERFORMS IMPORTANT CELLULAR FUNCTIONS WITHIN A EUKARYOTIC CELL |
PLASMA MEMBRANE | a.k.a. CELL MEMBRANE; ALLOWS PASSAGE OF MATERIALS |
PLASTID | DELIVERS NUTRIENTS & PROTEINS THROUGHOUT THE CELL, OR TRANSPORTS WASTE TO THE CELL MEMBRANE |
RIBOSOME | WHERE PROTEINS ARE ASSEMBLED |
VACUOLE | STORES WATER, SALTS, PROTEINS, AND CARBOHYDRATES |
VESICLE | STORES FOOD AND PIGMENTS |