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Cell Membrane
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| Membrane surrounding the cytoplasm that consists of a phosphlipid bilayer with embedded proteins; regulates the entrence and exits of molecules from the cell |
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| Structure that surrounds a plant, protistan, fungal, or bacterial cell and maintains the cell's shape and rigidity |
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| Metabolic reactions that use the energy form carbohydrate, fatty acid, or amino acid breakcown to produce ATP molecule |
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| Membreaneous organelle that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis |
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| Network of fibrels consisting of DNA and associated proteins observed within a nucleus that is not dividing |
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| rodlike structure in the nucleus seen during cell division; contains the hereditary units, or genes |
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| Short, finger like projections formed by the folding on the inner membrane of the mitochondria |
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| Contents of a cell between the nucleus and the plasma membrane that contains organelles |
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| Internal framework of the cell, consisting of microtubules, actin filaments, and intermediate filaments |
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| Golgi Bodies (Golgi apparatus) |
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| oraganelle, consisting of flattened saccules and also vesicles, that processes, packages and distributes molecules within or from the cell |
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| Membrane-bound vesicle that contains hydrolytic enzymes for digesting macromolecules |
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| Unstructured simifluid substance that fills the space between cells in connective tissues or inside organelles |
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| Mitochondria (mitochondrion) |
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| membrane- bounded organelle in which ATP molecules are produced durring the process of cellular respiration |
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| Double membrane that surrounds the nucleus and is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum |
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| Opening in the nuclear envelope that permist the passage of proteins into the nucleus and ribosomal subunits out of the nucleus |
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| Dark-stained spherical body in the nucleus that produces ribosomal subunits |
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| membrane- bounded organelle within a eukariotic cell that contains chromosomes and controls the structure and formation of the cell |
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| Small, often membraneous structure in the cytoplasm having a specific structure and function |
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| String of ribosomes simultaneously translating regions of the same mRNA strand during protein synthesis |
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| RNA and protein in two subunits; site of protein synthesis in the cytoplasm |
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| Rough endoplasmic Reticulum |
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| Protein synthesis and modification; has attached ribosomes; Folds and processes proteins and packages them in vesicles |
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| Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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| Membraneous system of tubules, vesicles, and sacs in cells without ribosomes |
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| Membrane- bounded sac that holds fluid and a variety of other substances |
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| Small, membrane-bounded sac that stores substances within a cell |
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| is the spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part; In origin metastasis is a Greek word meaning "displacement" |
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