Cell Structure

Basic unit of all forms of life

• Cell

• Nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

Fundamental concept of biology that states that all living things are composed of cells

• Cell Membrane

• Cell Wall

• Cell Theory

• Cell Hypothesis

Thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and leaves the cell

• Cell Wall

• Cell Membrane

• Nucleus

• Golgi apparatus

Structure that contains the cell's genetic material in the form of DNA

• Vacuole

• Nucleolus

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

Organism whose cells contain a nucleus

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Golgi apparatus

• Chloroplast

Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Vacuole

• Lysosome

Specialized structure that performs important cellular functions within a cell

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Organelle

• Nucleus

Cell organelle that breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins into small molecules that can be used by the rest of the cell

• Vacuole

• Chloroplast

• Lysosome

• Golgi apparatus

Cell organelle that stores materials such as water, salts, proteins, and carbohydrates

• Centriole

• Vacuole

• Ribosome

• Lysosome

Cell organelle consisting of RNA and protein found throughout the cytoplasm in a cell; the site of protein synthesis

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Nucleolus