PARTS OF A CELL

NUCLEUS

• Control center of the cell
• Looks like a cracked egg
• Stores DNA
• Used to create protein
• Carries out other cell processes

MITOCHONDIRON

• "Power house" of the cell
• Found in plant and animal cell
• Releases energy stored in food molecules
• Cellular respiration

VACUOLE

• Large ballon-shaped storage basin
• Larger in plant cells than animal cells
• Stores excess nutrients,water&waste for the cell

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

• Small folded membrane organelle
• Appears similar to SER
• Puts "finishing touches" on proteins&liquids
• Coming from RER and SER
• Buds off to create organelles called lysosomes

RIBOSOMES

• Small sack created in the nucleolus
• Pair up to create proteins

ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

• Folds that surround the nucleus
• Synthesizes protein

NUCLEOLUS

• Dense region in the middle of the nucleus
• Responsible for creating ribosomes

CYTOSKELETO

• Made of tiny hairs&tiny tubes
• Micro filaments
• Microboles
• Gives the cell support
• Allows for movement within the cell

CELL MEMBRANE

• Double layer structure that surrounds the entire cell
• Isolates cell from surrounding environment
• Allows stuff to exit and enter

LYBOSOMES

• Small membranous sac of digestive enzymes
• Digests food, invaders, and old organelles