Cell Structural Organization

Question 1

lipid bilayer which surrounds the cytoplasm and mediates entry of substances

Answer 1

plasma membrane

Question 2

site of all intracellular activities

Answer 2

cytoplasm

Question 3

fluid in which many of the cell’s metabolic reactions occur which is composed of water, solutes and suspended particles

Answer 3

cytosol

Question 4

specialized cell structures with characteristic shapes

Answer 4

organelles

Question 5

two parts of the cytoplasm

Answer 5

cytosol and organelles

Question 6

pair of centrioles responsible for mitotic spindle formation

Answer 6

centrosome

Question 7

moves fluids over cell surface

Answer 7

cilia

Question 8

moves the entire cell

Answer 8

flagella

Question 9

can be free or attached to rough ER and is responsible for protein synthesis

Answer 9

ribosome

Question 10

membranous network of flattened sacs which synthesizes glycoproteins and phospholipids

Answer 10

rough ER

Question 11

membranous network of flattened sacs which synthesizes fatty acids and steroids

Answer 11

smooth ER

Question 12

sorts and packages protein for transport

Answer 12

golgi complex

Question 13

vesicles responsible for autophagy and autolysis

Answer 13

lysosome

Question 14

smaller than lysosome and responsible for oxidizing amino acids

Answer 14

peroxisome

Question 15

degrades faulty protein into small peptides

Answer 15

proteasomes

Question 16

site of aerobic cellular respiration that produces the cell’s ATP

Answer 16

mitochondria

Question 17

process of digesting organelles

Answer 17

autophagy

Question 18

process of destroying cell

Answer 18

autolysis