1.1 Terminology Flashcards
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Resolution
The ability to distinguish between 2 objects that are very close together
Cell
Basic unit of life for all living things
Organelle
Small cell part that maintains the life processes of the cell
Concentration
Amount of dissolved particles in a solution
Diffusion
Process for moving substances across the cell membrane
Chloroplasts
An organelle that carries out photosynthesis
Thylakoids
Coin like stacks that are solar collectors spirounded by stroma
Granum
Stacks of thylakoids
Vacuole
Mebtanbe bound organelles that store nutrients wastes and other substances used by the cell
Cytoplasm
Jelly like substance that fills the cell and surrounds the organelle
Mitochondria
An organelle that supplies energy
Endopladmix reticulum
A series of double membranes that loop back and forth between the nucleus and cell membrane
Ribosomes
Small dense lookin organelles
Cytoskeleton
An internal network of fibres
Lysosomes
Organelles where digestion takes place p
Cell membrane
Organelle that forms a protective barrier around the cell
Nucleolis
The large solid spot of condensed chromatin
Nucleus
The control centres of the cell
Chromatic
A granular substance that is DNA in active form
Golgi body
Structure that receives protein from the endoplasmic reticulum
Cell wall
A rigid frame around the cell