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| the control center of the cell, contains DNA |
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| the barrier between the cell and its environment, a 'skin' that allows some things in & out of the cell. |
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| tiny structures that create proteins (the stuff of cells). |
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| rigid structure (in plant, bacteria and fungi cells) for form and support. |
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| folded membranes that package and transport materials withing the cell. |
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| Golgi complex (or Golgi apparatus, or body) |
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| Packager of proteins, making vesicles (packages) with proteins from the ribosomes. |
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| the 'inner jelly' , mostly water, that other organelles float in. |
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| Digestors, clean up crew for the crew (made by Golgi). |
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| Mitochondion (plural: Mitochondria) |
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| the powerhouse of the cell, converting sugars, water and oxygen into ATP (energy molecules) |
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| Storage of water and extra nutrients and wastes. |
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| deoxyribonucleic acid, the 'blueprint of life', found in the nucleolus, inside the nucleus. |
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| in plants (and some protists), contains green chlorophyll for doing photosynthesis. |
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| little packages that pinch off of the Golgi, filled with materials for transport within or out of the cell. |
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