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Centrioles

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Structures that function in cell reproduction

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Cilia

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hairlike extensions on the surface of those cells capable of movement

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Membrane network of “roads” and “Channels” that wind through the cytoplasm

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Flagella

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a sperm cells “tail”

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Golgi Bodies

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Sacs that make and transport carbohydrate compounds

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Lysosomes

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The cells “Digestive System

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Mitochondria

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“Power plant” that burns food in the presence of oxygen to make cell energy

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Ribosomes

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“Protein factories” that make proteins

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Anabolism

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The building metabolic phase; grows, maintains, and repairs body structures

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Biology

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the study of life and life processes

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Catabolism

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The breaking-down metabolic phase; producing energy from food and oxygen

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Chromosomes

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Short, tightly-coiled rods that contain genes

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Cyt/o-

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cell

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Cytoplasm

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Substance between plasma membrane and nucleus of all cells

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DNA

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical genes are made of

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Genes

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Regions of DNA organized into the body’s “blueprint”

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Kary/o-

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Nucleus

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Karyoplasm

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Substance of nucleus

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Karyotype

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Picture of chromosomes in the nucleus of a cell

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Metabolism

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The chemical process of by which cells obtain and use energy

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Nucleus

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Spheroid body within a cell that dictates protein production; controls transport, metabolism, growth, heredity

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Organelles

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Structures within cytoplasm

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-plasm

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formative, formed material

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Plasma Membrane

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The outside boundary of the cell

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RNA

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Ribonucleic acid, needed for production and protein within cells

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Tissue Fluid

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Salt water solution that bathes every cell in the body