foundations in biology

Centrioles

Structures found in the cytoplasm made of microtubules that produce the spindle fibres durning mitosis

Chloroplasts

Organelles found in plants and algae that are the site of photosynthesis

Cilia

Small hair like structures that project from the surface of cells

Confocal microscopy

A type of microscopy that uses lasers to scan a specimen point by point to produce an image

Cytoskeleton

A mesh of protein fibres found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells used for structural support and intracellular transport

Differential staining

Using multiple different stains to distinguish different parts of a specimen

Eukaryotic cell

A type of cell that contains a nucleus along with membrane bound organelles

Flagella

A whiplike structure found on bacterial cells that is used for cell movement

Golgi apparatus

An organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is involved in the modification and packaging proteins

Light microscope

A type of microscope that uses a series of lenses to magnify the visible light reflecting of a specimen

Lysosomes

Membrane bound vesicles found in the cytoplasm that contain a hydrologic enzyme called lysozyme

Magnification

How much bigger an image appears compared to the original object calculating using the following formula image size = actual size x magnification

Mitochondrion

An organelle found in eukaryotic cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.

Nuclear envelope

A double membrane that surrounds the nucleus.