membrane-bound

  • Chloroplasts
    • a stack of thylakoids is called a granum {pl. grana}
    • inner membrane has a network of membranes called thylakoids
    • only found in plant cells and the cells of some protocists
  • Golgi apparatus
    • modifies proteins produced at the ribosomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
    • packages modified proteins into vesicles
  • Lysosomes
    • contain powerful digestive enzymes
  • Mitochondria
    • folds called cristae increase the surface area to increase the rate of reaction
    • site of ATP production during respiration
  • Nucleus
    • contains chromatin, which condenses into chromosomes during cell division
    • houses the cell's genetic material
    • nuclear pores allow the movement of larger molecules
  • Rough endoplasmic reticulum
    • covered in ribosomes
    • flattened sacs called cisternae
    • site of protein synthesis
  • Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
    • deals with lipid synthesis
    • flattened sacs called cisternae

non-membrane-bound

  • Centrioles
    • form the spindle {the part which moves chromosomes} during nuclear division
    • small tubes of protein fibres {called microtubules}
    • there is a pair next to the nucleus in animal cells and the cells of some protocists
  • Ribosomes
    • comprised of two sub-units
    • in eukaryotic cells, ribosomes cover the rough endoplasmic reticulum
    • site of protein synthesis
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