Cell Organelles (With Pictures)

Vacuole

Storage sacks for water, salts, food, etc.

Nucleus

Organelle that controls the cell's activities and contains DNA.

Nucleolus

This produces ribosomes and is inside the nucleus. Where rRNA is located.

Cytoplasm

Supports the cell's organelles. Site of some chemical reactions.

Golgi Apparatus/Golgi Bodies

Modifies or packages proteins for export from the cell.

Lysosome

Contains digestive enzymes and helps get rid of dead cells and make nutrients

Cell/Plasma Membrane

This acts as a protective barrier around the cell. Permeable, allowing some materials to come in/out.

Mitochondria

Powerhouse of the cell, releases energy (ATP) for the cell to use through the process of cellular respiration.

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

make cellular products like hormones and lipids. It also distributes those products throughout the cell and to other places in the organism

Nuclear Membrane

keeps all the harmful things out and lets the good ones in (ignore pic)

Centrioles

Helps with splitting cells apart during cell reproduction. Found only in animals for use in mitosis/ meiosis

chromosomes

thread like structures in nucleus made of protein/DNA; contain specific instructions for uniqueness of creature

ribosomes

the cellular structure that performs translation, or protein synthesis. Ribosomes are both language translators and efficient assembly workers

rough endoplasmic reticulum

manufactures proteins