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- 4. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
- 6. 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.
- 7. an organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane.
- 8. a minute particle consisting of RNA and associated proteins found in large numbers in the cytoplasm of living cells. They bind messenger RNA and transfer RNA to synthesize polypeptides and proteins.
- 11. any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell.
- 12. a complex of vesicles and folded membranes within the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, involved in secretion and intracellular transport.
- 13. the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
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- 1. 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.
- 2. the positively charged central core of an atom, consisting of protons and neutrons and containing nearly all its mass.
- 3. 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).
- 5. the semipermeable membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a cell.
- 9. an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria.
- 10. The fluid inside a cell but outside the cell's nucleus.