Cell Structure and Function

Front

What is the relationship of the disk-shaped red blood cells to its function?

Back

It carries oxygen and travel through small blood vessels.

Front

What is the flexible covering that protects the inside of a cell from the environment outside a cell?

Back

Cell membrane

Front

What is the stiff structure outside the cell membrane that protects a cell from attack by viruses and other harmful organisms?

Back

Cell wall

Front

What maintains the shape of an animal cell?

Back

Cytoskeleton

Front

What are the appendages like flagella and cilia used for?

Back

Movement

Front

What is the fluid inside a cell that contains most of the cell’s water, salts, and other molecules?

Back

Cytoplasm

Front

What are the two types of cells that all cells can be grouped into?

Back

Prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells

Front

What are unicellular organisms called that are made of prokaryotic cells?

Back

Prokaryotes

Front

What surrounds the genetic material in a eukaryotic cell?

Back

Membrane

Front

What are membrane-bound structures that carry out specific functions in a cell?

Back

Organelles