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Cell Organelles Chart - KEY

Name of Organelle / Which organisms have this organelle? / Functions of Organelle
Cell Wall / Plants, Fungi, All Bacteria, some Protists / Structural support – maintains shape, protection (barrier)
Nucleus / Plants, Fungi, Protists, Animals / Control center, vault for DNA (DNA never leaves the nucleus)
Vacuole / Plants (much larger); Fungi; some Protists; some Bacteria; Animals (smaller, called vesicles) / Storage (water, salts, food, etc.) In plants it helps maintain its rigidity.
Ribosomes / All Kingdoms / Site for Protein Synthesis – build proteins from Amino Acids according to the DNA instructions
DNA / All Kingdoms / Genetic material (blueprint) – instructions to make proteins
Cell Membrane/Plasma Membrane / All Kingdoms / Semi-permeable, gatekeeper – controls in and out transport of molecules
Rough ER / All Eukaryotes / Contains ribosomes – protein factories. ER helps fold proteins and modify them à sends them to Golgi
Smooth ER / All Eukaryotes / Site for Lipid Synthesis à important for making new membranes
Lysosome / Animal; Plant; Fungi / Vacuum cleaner – contain digestive juices à breaks down large molecules and old cell parts
Golgi Apparatus / All Eukaryotes / Fed-Ex:
receives proteins from Rough ER à packages, sorts, transports proteins
Nuclear Envelope / All Eukaryotes / Gatekeeper of the nucleus, porous
Mitochondria / All Eukaryotes / Power house/Produces ATP from glucose (cellular energy); site of Cellular Respiration
Chloroplast / Plant Cells only / Uses energy from sunlight to produce Carbohydrates = FOOD (Glucose – energy storage molecule); Site of Photosynthesis
Cytoplasm / All Kingdoms / Jell-like fluid that fills the cell – involved in main cell reactions
Flagella / All Bacteria; Many Protists; Some Plants, Animals, Fungi / Mobile
Cilia / All Bacteria; Many Protists; Some Plants, Animals, Fungi / Mobile, increases surface area