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| a membrane-bound vacuole formed by pinocytosis, a specific form of endocytosis |
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| membrane-bound organelles containing digestive enzymes; their function is to break down food |
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| 'buds' from the Golgi apparatus; containing proteins and fuse with cell membrane and discharge contents into interior with exocytosis. |
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| Rough ER(endoplasmic reticulum) |
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| dotted membrane-bound channels with attached ribosomes on the side of the membrane that faces the cytoplasm. |
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| Smooth ER(endoplasmic reticulum) |
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| membrane-bound channels with no attached ribosomes |
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| the living phospholipid bilayer with embedded glycoproteins; is permeable to water molecules by osmosis. |
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| mitochondria(plural: mitochondrion) |
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| organelles which produce ATP, the cell's form of energy; one glucose molecule = 38 ATP molecules |
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| a series of flattened sacs involved in modification, storage, and secretion of proteins (lipids meant to leave the cell) |
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| dark-staining body within the nucleus where ribosomal RNA is produced |
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| organelle containing chromatin; COMMAND CENTRAL OF CELL |
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| protein filaments composed of tubulin; involved in cell movement, shape, and formation of mitotic spindles |
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| the jelly like substance inside the cell occupying everything in the cell membrane; generally excludes nucleus |
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| protein synthesis contains ribosomal RNA;are NOT membrane bound |
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| Large Central Vacuole (only in plant cell) |
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| fluid filled sac which holds salts, water soluble pigments, and crystal toxic molecules; is a large part of the cell |
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| Cell Wall (only in plant cell) |
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| cellulose layer surrounding the plasma membrane; very porous and permeable to molecules and ions. is rigid: maintains same shape |
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| Vacuole Membrane (only in plant cell) |
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| the lipid bilayer surrounding the vacuole that separates its contents from the cytoplasm of the cell. |
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