Organelle Notes Organelle Picture of Organelle Function in the Cell Factory Part Equivalent Cell/Plasma Membrane Walls of building with security doors Cytoplasm (cytosol) Open space inside Chromosome File cabinets with blueprints Ribosome Product making robot Nucleus Room where the blueprints are kept Nuclear Envelope/ Membrane Nucleolus Corner of blueprint room where robots are made Mitochondria Powerplant Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum Primary production line - makes the toys Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum Accessory production - makes decorations for the toy, etc. Golgi Apparatus Shipping department continued Organelle Picture of Organelle Function in the Cell Factory Part Equivalent Lysosomes Recycling and security Peroxisomes Security and waste removal Cytoskeleton Support beams Cilia and Flagella Centrosome Help make identical factories Vacuole Closets Central Vacuole Main storage room Cell Wall Stonewall outside factory Chloroplast Solar panels