cells
The smallest unit that can perform all life processes
Nucleus
Contains the cells DNA City Hall
Cytoplasm
fluid that the organelles are set in
lawns and parking lots
Cell membrane
the barrier between the inside of a cell and the cell’s environment
city limits
Cell wall
a rigid structure that surrounds the cell membrane and provides support for the cell
found in plant cells only
city wall
Mitochondria / Mitochondrion
the site of cellular respiration
allows the cells to use energy
power plant
Golgi complex
organelles that make proteins, which are building materials for the cell
lumber yard
Chloroplast
organelles in plant and algae cells in which photosynthesis takes place
solar energy plant
Lysosome
digests waste products in a cell
garbage trucks, recyclers
Endoplasmic reticulum
allows for the transport of cellular materials
roads and highways
Ribosome
a tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.
Vacuole
Organelle
a membrane-bound cavity within a cell, often containing a watery liquid or secretion
Prokaryote
any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria.
Eukaryote
any organism of the domain Eukaryota, having as its fundamental structural unit a cell type that contains specialized organelles in the cytoplasm
tissue
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
organ
Biology. a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task.
Organ system
An organ system is a biological system consisting of a group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions
Organism
a form of life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran.
Structure
mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents:
a pyramidal structure
