CELL ORGANELLES

NUCLEUS

• The nucleus regulates all cell activity
• Maintain the integrity of DNA

MITOCHONDRIA

• The reproduction of energy
• The cell uses this energy for cell survival and function

GOLGI APPARATUS

• It processes and packages the proteins and lipids that are synthesized by the cell

VACUOLE

• Store food or any nutrients cells need to survive
• Can store waste products so the rest of the cell is protected from contamination

LYSOMES

• They contain digestive enzymes
• The enzymes break down foreign material that enter the cell

RIBOSOMES

• The function is protein synthesis

CHLOROPLASTS

• Are the food producers of the cell
• They are only found in plant cells and some protists

CELL MEMBRANE

• Isolate the cytoplasm from external environment
• Regulate the exchange of substances
• Communicate with other cells

CYTOPLASM

• The substance that fills the cell
• It's jelly like material that is 80% water
• Clear in color

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM

• Functions as a packaging system
• Works closely with the Golgi apparatus, and the ribosomes
• Smooth- it acts as a storage
• Rough- very important in the synthesis & packaging of proteins