Unit Two Vocabulary

Mr. Hall (United States of America)
A partial list of vocabulary words needed in biology.
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  1. cell wall
    a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing a plant membrane
  2. centriole
    one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
  3. chloroplast
    organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
  4. cilium
    a hairlike projection from the surface of a cell
  5. cytoplasm
    the substance inside a cell, not including the nucleus
  6. cytoskeleton
    a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
  7. flagellum
    a lash-like appendage used for locomotion
  8. Golgi apparatus
    a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells
  9. lysosome
    a membrane-bound organelle containing digestive enzymes
  10. nucleolus
    a round body in a cell that is involved in protein synthesis
  11. nucleus
    a part of the cell responsible for growth and reproduction
  12. organelle
    a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ
  13. plasma membrane
    a thin membrane enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell
  14. ribosome
    a particle in a cell that helps synthesize proteins
  15. vacuole
    a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
Created on Sun Feb 26 12:30:57 EST 2017

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