Literally, the term means "little organs." Inside a cell, there are various little structures that perform specific functions, much like the multicellular organs of our body do. In the cell, these include generating energy (the organelle is the mitochondrion), making proteins (the organelles are ribosomes and Golgi apparatus), and others.
(or´ gan els´) [L.: little organ] • Organized structures that are found in or on cells. Examples: ribosomes, nuclei, mitochrondria, chloroplasts, cilia, and contractile vacuoles.
membrane-bound structures found inside the cell cytoplasm.
Specialized organs within cells.
Membrane-surrounded structures found in eukaryotic cells; they contain enzymes and other components required for specialized cell function.
Organised micro-structures within cell cytoplasm, having specialised biochemical functions, e.g. chloroplasts, mitochandria. A structure found within an individual cell which has a specific function e.g. mitochondion for cellular respiration.
bodies within the cytoplasm that serve to physically separate the various metabolic reactions that occur within cells.
microscopic bodies within the cytoplasm that perform distinct functions.
Specialized parts of cells, each with its own function and unique way of communicating its information within the cell.
subcellular, membrane -bound structures, found within eukaryotic cells which perform discrete functions necessary for the life of the cell.
Subcellular structures that have functions comparable to the organs of Metazoa.
Organelles are small, specialized organs inside a cell that perform specific functions such as metabolizing energy or manufacturing protein.
OR-gan-NELLZ Specialized structures in eukaryotic cells that carry out specific functions. 5, 60
All the different cell components surrounded by the cell membrane that make up a cell. Many of these replicate as the cell replicates.
Cell components that carry out individual functions; e.g., the cell nucleus and the endoplasmic reticulum. Subcellular structures (usually membrane-bound and unique to eukaryotes) that perform some function, e.g. chloroplast, mitochondrion, nucleus. PICTURE 1 | PICTURE 2
Assorted structures that each do one or more of the cell's functions.
Small structures within a cell that maintain the cells and do the cells' work.
small structures inside a cell, generally bounded by membranes.
A specialized cytoplasmic structure of a cell performing a specific function.
