Transcript Eukaryotic Cells: The Inside Story

Eukaryotic Cells: The Inside
Story
Chapter 1 Section 3
Cell Membrane
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• Keep the cytoplasm inside
• Allow nutrients in and waste products out
• Interact with things outside the cell
• Information
• Holds the cell together
Cell Wall
• Located
• In plant and algae cells
• Purpose
• Provides strength and support to the cell membrane
• Helps to keep the membrane from tearing when too
much water enters or exits a plant cell
• Information
• Made of cellulose fibers
Nucleus
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• Contains the cell’s DNA and is the control center of
the cell
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s library”
Ribosomes
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• The site where amino acids are hooked together to
make proteins
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s protein factories”
Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• Makes lipids, breaks down drugs and other
substances, packages up proteins for release from
the cell
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s delivery system”
Mitochondria
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• Break down food molecules to make ATP
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s power plant”
Chloroplast
• Located
• In plant and algae cells
• Purpose
• Make food using the energy of sunlight
• Information
• Known as the “plant cell’s power plant”
Golgi Complex
• Located
• In all eukaryotic cells
• Purpose
• Processes, packages, and transports materials out
of the cell
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s packaging center”
Vacuoles
• Located
• In plant cells
• Purpose
• Stores water and other liquids that help support
the cell
• Information
• Known as the “cell’s storage center”
Lysosomes
• Located
• In animal cells
• Purpose
• Digest food particles, wastes, cell parts, and foreign
invaders
• Information
• Known as “packages of destruction”