Description

The transport of dissolved substances into cells.
The breakdown of absorbed substances.
The removal of soluble waste materials.
The removal of nonsoluble waste materials.
The release of biosynthesized substances.
A rigid structure on the outside of certain cells, usually plant and bacteria cells.
The semipermeable membrane between the cell contents and either the cell wall or the cell's surrounding.
A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended.
The organelles in which nutrients are converted to energy.
The organelle in animal cells responsible for hydrolysis reactions that break down proteins, polysaccharides, disaccharides, and some lipids.
Non-membrane-bounded organelles responsible for protein synthesis.
An organelle composed of an extensive network of folded membranes that preforms several tasks within a cell wall.
The organelles where proteins and lipids are stored and then modified to suit the needs of the cell.
A large vacuole that rests at the center of most plant cells and is filled with a solution that contains a high concentration of solutes.
Vacuoles that contain the waste products of digestion.
A highly-porous membrane that separates the nucleus from the cytoplasm.
Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus of a cell.
Fine, threadlike proteins found in the cell's cytoskeleton.
A lipid in which one of the fatty acid molecules has been replaced by a molecule that contains a phosphate group.
Energy necessary to get a chemical reaction going.
Movement of molecules through the plasma membrane aided by a process that requires energy.
Movement of molecules through the plasma membrane according to the dictates of osmosis or diffusion.
A solution in which the concentration of solutes is essentially equal to that of the cell which resides in the solution.
ER that is dotted with ribosomes.
ER that has no ribosomes.

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