Organelles and Their Functions

Prepares and packages material for excretion from the cell

• E.R.

• Golgi body

• Vacuole

• Centrioles

The site of photosynthesis

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Nucleolus

Contains hereditary material

• Nucleus

• Chromosomes

• Cilia

• Lysosomes

The digestion center of the cell

• Golgi body

• Vacuole

• E.R.

• Lysosome

Makes and stores RNA and ribosomes

• Nucleolus

• Golgi body

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleus

Help pull chromosomes apart during mitosis

• Chromatin

• Cilia

• Centrioles

• Flagella

The powerhouse of the cell

• Nucleus

• Nucleolus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

The storage structures of the cell. They are often bubble-like.

• Lysosomes

• Chloroplasts

• Centrioles

• Vacuoles

Provides for movement around the cell and may or may not have ribosomes attached

• Golgi complex

• E.R.

• Cilia

• Flagella

Proteins are made here

• E.R.

• Ribosomes

• Nucleolus

• Chloroplast