Cell Structure & Function
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- 3. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. The cell is the basic unit of structure and organization in organisms. Cells arise from pre-existing cells.
- 5. a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes.
- 6. he barrier that keeps ions, proteins and other molecules where they are needed and prevents them from diffusing into areas where they should not be.
- 9. the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
- 12. a space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid.
- 13. allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.
- 14. a complex of vesicles and folded membranes within the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, involved in secretion and intracellular transport.
- 15. a network of membranous tubules within the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the nuclear membrane. It usually has ribosomes attached and is involved in protein and lipid synthesis.
- 18. organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles
- 19. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
- 20. smallest unit of a living organism
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- 1. a microscopic network of protein filaments and tubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells, giving them shape and coherence.
- 2. the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
- 4. a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles.
- 7. allowing certain substances to pass through it but not others, especially allowing the passage of a solvent but not of certain solutes.
- 8. any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.
- 10. a minute particle consisting of RNA and associated proteins found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells.
- 11. the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes.
- 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.
- 17. an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae).
- 19. the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell