Cell Organelles: Function & Location

Vocabulary flashcards covering cellular organelles and the specific cell types in which they are located.

Cell membrane / plasma membrane

A cellular structure indicated as found in cells.

Cytoplasm

A cellular component found in all cells.

Ribosomes

Structures found in all cells; located in the cytoplasm and on rough ER in eukaryotes.

Cytoskeleton

Cellular structure found in eukaryotic plant and animal cells.

Nucleus

A cellular organelle found in eukaryotic plant and animal cells.

Nucleolus

A structure located inside the nucleus.

Rough ER

An organelle found in all eukaryotic cells.

Smooth ER

An organelle found in all eukaryotic cells.

Golgi apparatus/bodies

An organelle found in all eukaryotic cells.

Mitochondria

Organelles found in all eukaryotic cells.

Vacuole

An organelle found in eukaryotic plant and animal cells.

Lysosomes

Organelles found in animal cells (slides focus on animals).

Centrosome / centrioles

Structures found in animal cells only, according to slides.

Cell wall

A structure found in plants and prokaryotes; also found in fungi and algae.

Chloroplast

An organelle found in plant cells and other photosynthetic eukaryotes such as algae.

Central vacuole

A vacuole found specifically in plant cells.

Flagella / cilia

Cellular structures whose presence varies by cell, as shown in slides.