Cell Structures
A large, membrane-bound, dark-staining organelle near the center of the cell.
What is a nucleus?
The state a cell remains in when it is NOT dividing
Interphase
A term meaning the body of a cell?
Soma
A root word AND a suffix for an immature cell, productive cell, or embryonic cell?
blast/o, -blast
The root word for network.
reticul/o
The outer layer of the cell, composed mainly of lipids and proteins.
What is the plasma membrane?
The first phase of mitosis.
Prophase
A term that pertains to a wall, or describes a membrane lining a body cavity?
Parietal
A root word for water and or fluid?
Hydr/o
The root word for gland.
aden/o
Small bodies free in the cytoplasm or attached to the ER, composed of RNA and protein.
What are ribosomes?
The second phase of mitosis.
Metaphase
A term that pertains to the internal organs and or describes a membrane on the surface of an organ?
Visceral
A root word for starch?
Amyl/o
The root word for the action of eat, ingest; self (auto)-destruction of a cell's organelles.
phag/o
Rod-shaped bodies (usually two) near the nucleus.
What are centrioles?
The third phase of mitosis.
Anaphase
The building phase of metabolism?
Anabolism
A root word for fat?
Adip/o (fat), lip/o (lipid/fat)
The root word for the action of a formation, molding, development; overdevelopment of an organ or tissue.
plas
Membrane-enclosed organelles containing enzymes.
What are peroxisomes?
The final phase of mitosis.
Telophase
The name of the functional tissue of an organ?
Parenchyma
A root word for sugar, OTHER THAN gluc(o)/glyc(o)?
Sacchar/o
The root word for nipple.
papill/o