cellular structures

• Identifying organelles

  Chloroplast

  Mitochondria

  Endoplasmic reticulum

  Lysosomes
• Chloroplast

  • only in plant cells
  • 'bean' shaped with clear external membranes
• Mitochondria

  • 'bean' shaped clear external membrane
  • clear internal membrane visible
• Endoplasmic reticulum

  • Mass of membrane structures
  • Located centrally next to nucleus
  • May see visible ribosomes
• Lysosomes

  • Small, typically circular
  • Often no internal structures
  • May be light or dark in colour