AP Bio - Short Organelles Vocab

Nucleus

Nucleus

Contains and protects DNA

Ribosome

Where proteins are made

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)

Has ribosomes attached; RER modifies and moves proteins

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER)

Makes lipids

Vesicle

Tiny sac that moves or contains stuff

Golgi

Packages materials to send to places inside the cell (or to leave the cell)

Lysosome

Contains digestive enzymes

Vacuole

Sac used for storage

Mitochondria

Cellular respiration

Chloroplasts

Photosynthesis

Synthesis

To make

Secrete

To send out of the cell