cells Flashcards
(29 cards)
what is a cell
the smallest unit, capable of performing life functions
size and shape of a cell indicate its…
function
PROKARYOTIC
cells w/out membrane
e.g bacteria
eukaryotic
cells w/ membrane
e.g animal cells
function of a cell wall
-protects
-shapes
-made of cellulose
-found in plants, fungi, most bacteria
function of cell membrane
- selectively permeable
- protective outer covering around all cells
- if cell has a wall, membrane inside wall
cytoplasm function
-gelatinous
- inside membrane
- constantly flows
- aka protoplasm
- has organelles
- where chemical reactions take place
cytoskeleton function
- animals have no cell wall so cytoskeleton
- helps maintain shape
- made of protein
nucleus function
-directs cell activities
- contains instructions for cells which are found on a material called DNA
- largest organelle
nuclear membrane function
- separates nucleus + cytoplasm
- selectively permeable
nucleolus function
- brain of nucleus
- in nucleus
chromatin network function
- contains genetic code
- made of DNA and proteins
- when a cell divides it becomes chromosomes
types of plastids
-chloroplasts
-chromoplasts
-leucoplasts
chloroplasts
- green organelles, make food for plants
-contains chlorophyll - which absorbs sunlight during photosynthesis
-produces + stores glucose
chromoplast
-contains red, orange, yellow pigments (carotenoids)
- colours fruits and flowers
leucoplast
- stores starch
- no pigment
chlorophyll
- green pigment
- captures sunlight, produces food and glucose from it
mitochondria
- release energy from food
- energy released by breaking down food into carbon dioxide in cellular respiration
- powehouse
- found in muscles mostly
ribosomes
- make proteins
- float freely of attached to ER
- in nucleolus too
endoplastic reticulum (ER)
- series of folded membranes, move materials around in a cell
- smooth ER - ribosomes not attached to ER
- rougher ER - ribosomes attached to ER
golgoli bodies
- stacked, flattened membranes
- sort and package proteins
vacuoles
- temporary storage spaces
- store food, water, waste
- tonoplast - membrane of a vacuole
- inside vacuole - cell sap
lysosomes
- latin for, “kill body”
- digest things, contains digestive enzymes
- breaks down cells when it does
- breaks down food molecules
centriole
- aids in cell division
- usually found in animal cells
- made of microblades