Cell Structure and Function Vocabulary
1. cytoskeleton | Helps maintain cell shape |
2. ribosomes | Makes proteins |
3. nucleus | Directs all cell activities |
4. mitochondria | Breaks down food and releases energy |
5. Cell wall | Tough outer covering of plant cells that protects and keeps its shape |
6. Endoplasmic reticulum | Folded membranes that process and move materials |
7. vacuoles | Stores materials |
8. nucleolus | Found in nucleus and makes ribosomes |
9. Eukaryotic cell | Have membrane bound structures |
10. Golgi body | Sort proteins and package them into vesicles |
11. organelles | Structures that carry on the cell’s processes |
12. chloroplast | Green organelles where food is made in plant cells |
13. cytoplasm | Gel-like mixture that contains hereditary material |
14. organ | Made of 2 or more different types of tissues that work together |
15 .vesicle | deliver materials throughout the cell |
16. Prokaryotic cell | Do not have membrane bound structures |
17. Cell membrane | Protective outer covering of the cell |
18. tissue | Group of similar cells that work together |
19. lysosome | Breaks down food, waste and old cell parts |