Cell Vocab #2

2. maintaining cell structure, intracellular transport, cell division, and various cellular processes.
3. maintaining cell shape, providing mechanical support, facilitating intracellular transport, and enabling various cellular processes.
5. functions to store water, nutrients, and waste products, contributing to cell turgidity, growth, and maintenance.
7. performs specific functions, contributing to the cell's overall structure and function.
9. basic structural and functional unit of all living organisms.
10. Apparatus referred to as the Golgi complex or Golgi body, is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
11. is the semi-fluid matrix that surrounds the thylakoid membrane system.
12. plays a fundamental role in various cellular processes, particularly in cell division.
13. a cellular process where the cell engulfs fluids and dissolved solutes from its external environment.
14. focusing on the breakdown of fatty acids and the detoxification of harmful substances.
15. ER It gets its name from the presence of ribosomes attached to its outer surface, which give it a rough appearance when viewed under a microscope.
17. Intracellular organelle responsible for cellular waste digestion.

1. serves as the control center of the cell and plays a vital role in regulating cellular activities.
3. Wall serves as an external protective layer that surrounds the cell membrane and provides structural support and various other functions
4. contributing to the cell's overall structure and function
6. gel-like, semi-fluid substance that fills the interior of a cell, surrounding the cell's organelles.
8. cellular process where the cell engulfs external substances or materials by enclosing them within a vesicle formed from its cell membrane.
14. cellular process by which certain specialized cells engulf and ingest solid particles, such as bacteria, viruses, cell debris, or other foreign materials
16. cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis in all living organisms.