Cell Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. it is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment haemoglobin, which imparts the red colour to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
  2. 6. A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances
  3. 7. the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell
  4. 11. A type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.
  5. 12. Any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell
  6. 14. An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times
  7. 15. he smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, which is typically microscopic and consists of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane.
  8. 16. a rigid layer of polysaccharides lying outside the plasma membrane of the cells of plants, fungi, and bacteria. In the algae and higher plants it consists mainly of cellulose.
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  1. 1. a plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
  2. 3. a space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.
  3. 4. Having or consisting of many cells
  4. 5. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
  5. 8. A famous microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.
  6. 9. the material or protoplasm within a living cell, excluding the nucleus.
  7. 10. Consisting of a single cell
  8. 13. A famous microbiologist that won a nobel prize in 1952