Science / Biology / Organelles: 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.
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Science / Biology / Dictyosomes: Organelles in plant cells composed of a series of flattened membrane sacs that sort, chemically modify, and package proteins produced on the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Also known as the Golgi Appara MORE
Science / Biology / Mitochondria: Self-replicating membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelles in most eukaryotic cells that complete the breakdown of glucose, producing NADH and ATP (singular term: mitochondrion). The powerhouse of the cel MORE
Science / Biology / Golgi Complex: Organelles in animal cells composed of a series of fiattened sacs that sort, chemically modify, and package proteins produced on the rough endoplasmic reticulum. MORE