Cell Organelles
A structure within a cell that performs a specialized function
Answer: What is an organelle?
The main goal of the cell is to make these macromolecules because they run your body.
Answer: What are proteins?
This class of macromolecule is primarily used for short-term energy and cell signaling.
Answer: What are carbohydrates?
The phase of the cell cycle when chromosomes line up straight along the middle of the cell.
Answer: What is metaphase?
In anatomical terms, your head is considered this direction relative to your shoulders.
Answer: What is superior?
This organelle serves to protect and store the cell's genetic material.
Answer: What is the nucleus?
This organelle holds the original instruction manual/blueprint for making proteins.
Answer: What is the nucleus?
This term describes a simple single sugar molecule, which serves as the monomer for carbs.
Answer: What is a monosaccharide?
The distinct phase when sister chromatids are actively pulled apart and separated.
Answer: What is anaphase?
This type of plane cuts the body horizontally into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) sections.
Answer: What is a transverse plane?
The two main locations where you can find ribosomes inside a cell.
Answer: What are the rough ER and floating in the cytoplasm?
This specific structure is the one that actually synthesizes and makes proteins.
Answer: What is a ribosome?
These are the building block monomers that make up nucleic acids.
Answer: What are nucleotides?
The specific period during interphase when the cell's DNA is completely doubled.
Answer: What is the S phase (Synthesis phase)?
This plane slices the body vertically, dividing it directly into right and left halves.
Answer: What is a sagittal plane?
The primary organelle responsible for generating ATP energy.
Answer: What is the mitochondrion?
This organelle is responsible for modifying and packaging proteins.
Answer: What is the Golgi apparatus?
This macromolecule class is utilized for long-term energy storage, insulation, and membrane structures.
Answer: What are lipids?
The mitotic phase during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and spindle fibers form.
Answer: What is prophase?
This plane divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections.
Answer: What is a frontal (or coronal) plane?
These structures are absolutely critical for organizing spindle fibers during cell division.
Answer: What are centrioles (or centrosomes)?
If your body didn't have these small membrane sacs, proteins couldn't be transported where they need to go.
Answer: What are vesicles?
This macromolecule is considered the foundational "informational molecule" of the cell.
Answer: What is a nucleic acid (or DNA)?
The process that occurs at the very end of the cell cycle to split the cytoplasm into two separate cells.
Answer: What is cytokinesis?
Because they are further down the arm limb, your fingers are this direction relative to your elbow.
Answer: What is distal?