The Cell Made Easy

Comprehensive question-and-answer flashcards reviewing plant tissues, cell features, organelles, and their functions from The Cell Made Easy notes.

Tissues

Continuous, organized masses of similar cells

Meristematic tissue

Actively dividing undifferentiated cells

Permanent tissues

Nondividing differentiated cells

Simple tissues

Composed of one type of cell

Parenchyma

Simple thin-walled cells

Collenchyma

Thicker-walled "parenchyma"

Sclerenchyma

Thick-walled supporting cells

Complex tissues

Composed of more than one type of cell

Xylem

Water-conducting tissue

Phloem

Food-conducting tissue

Vacuole

Cell feature responsible for storing water

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Cell feature that transports ribosomes

Chloroplast

Cell structure where photosynthesis takes place

Ribosomes

Cell feature responsible for making proteins

Cytoplasm

Jelly-like substance inside the cell

Mitochondria

Cell feature responsible for powering the cell

Nucleus

Location within the cell where DNA replication takes place

Lysosome

Cell feature containing digestive enzymes which break things down

Cell wall composition

Polysaccharides (long chain units of simple sugar), lignin, and pectin

Cell wall presence

Present in plant cells; absent in animal cells

Golgi Apparatus

Unit of the cell that processes proteins