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