Cell Organelles & Functions

• Mitochondria is the power house of the cell
• Cytoplasm is the liquid that fills the cell, in which chemical reactions take place and provides a platform for all the cell organelles to reside in
• Nucleus stores genetic information
• The cell membrane protects the cell and controls what goes in and out of the cell.
• Golgi bodies helps process, pack, and modify proteins and lipids for transport
• Vacuole (animal cell) is used to get rid of waste
• Vacuoles (in plant cell) contain water, and also transport and store substances within it
• Endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes inside a cell through which proteins and other molecules move.
• ribosomes are the site of protein synthesis in the cell
• Chloroplasts carry out photosynthesis in plant cells
• Cell wall in plant cells provides a structure/framework to support plant growth and protects the cell