Organelles Flashcards

Cell Organelle Functions (39 cards)

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ALLOWS THE CELL TO RECEIVE AND RESPOND TO MESSAGES

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Cell Membrane

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CONTROLS MOVEMENT OF SUBSTANCES INTO/OUT OF CELLS

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Cell Membrane

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SEPARATES THE CELL FROM ITS ENVIRONMENT

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Cell Membrane

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“SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE”

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Cell Membrane

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CYTOSKELETON – (“CELL SKELETON”) – PROTEIN RODS AND TUBULES THAT FORM A SUPPORTIVE FRAMEWORK

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Cytoplasm

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CYTOSOL – (“CELL SOLUTION”) – PROVIDES THE MOLECULES NEEDED FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS

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Cytoplasm

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PRODUCES PROTEINS FOR USE AT THE CELL MEMBRANE OR FOR EXPORT FROM THE CELL

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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SYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF LIPIDS

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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ABSORPTION OF FATS FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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BREAKS DOWN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL = DETOXIFICATION

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Ca2+ ION STORAGE AND TRANSPORT

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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(SCATTERED THROUGH THE CYTOPLASM) – PRODUCES

PROTEINS FOR USE INSIDE THE CELL

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“Bound” Ribosomes

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13
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REFINES, PACKAGES (IN VESICLES), AND DELIVERS ORGANIC MOLECULES

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Golgi Apparatus

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PRODUCES SPECIALIZED VESICLES CALLED LYSOSOMES AND PEROXISOMES

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Golgi Apparatus

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15
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THE “POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL;”

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Mitochondria

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SITE OF AEROBIC CELLULAR RESPIRATION

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RELEASES THE ENERGY FROM GLUCOSE AND OTHER ORGANIC MOLECULES

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“GARBAGE DISPOSALS”

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CONTAINS HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES (HYDROLYSIS)

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DISMANTLE CELLULAR DEBRIS

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DESTROY WORN OUT CELL PARTS

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INVOLVED WITH INTRACELLULAR DIGESTION

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SYNTHESIS OF BILE – USED IN FAT DIGESTION

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BREAKDOWN OF SPECIAL LIPID MOLECULES CALLED “VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS”

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DEGRADATION OF RARE BIOCHEMICALS
Peroxisomes
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DETOXIFICATION OF ALCOHOL.
Peroxisomes
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COMPONENTS OF THE CYTOSKELETON
MICROFILAMENTS AND MICROTUBULES
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FILAMENTS ARE SOLID AND FORM BRANCHED NETWORKS
Microfilaments and Microtubules
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TUBULES ARE HOLLOW AND ARE EASILY BROKEN APART AND REASSEMBLED
Microfilaments and Microtubules
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DURING CELL DIVISION, THEY FORM THE SPINDLE THAT PULLS CHROMOSOMES TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE DIVIDING CELL
Microfilaments and Microtubules
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MOVE CELLS FROM PLACE TO PLACE OR MOVE | MATERIALS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF A CELL (PROPELS MUCUS OUT OF RESPIRATORY TRACT)
Cilia and Flagella
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SHORTER, MANY, AND HAIRLIKE
Cilia
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LONGER, FEWER, AND TAIL-LIKE
Flagella
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“PACKAGES” USED TO TRANSPORT SUBSTANCES INTO, OUT OF, OR AROUND A CELL
Vesicles
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CONTAINS THE GENETIC MATERIAL THAT DIRECTS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CELL; THE CELL’S “BRAIN”
Nucleus
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TWO LAYERS OF PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS (4 LAYERS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS!) = HIGHLY SELECTIVE
Nuclear Envelope
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REGULATES PASSAGE OF MATERIALS (ESPECIALLY mRNA) BETWEEN THE NUCLEUS AND CYTOPLASM
Nuclear Pores
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SITE OF RIBOSOME PRODUCTION
Nucleolus
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Cells that produce a | great amount of proteins have numerous of these and large versions of these
Nucleolus