Cell Part Function

Energy center or powerhouse

of the cell. Turns food into
Mitochondria
usable energy. Site of cellular
respiration.

Makes proteins (Site where

Ribosomes
RNA is made into proteins)

Process and package

molecules, such as proteins
Golgi Apparatus and lipids, after they are made
and before they make their
way to their destination

Contains digestive enzymes,

breaks down organic
Lysosome
molecules such as lipids,
carbohydrates, etc

Endoplasmic Transport ‘intracellular

Reticulum highway.’ Ribosomes are
positioned along the rough
Smooth ER - no ER, proteins made by the
ribosomes ribosomes enter the ER for
Rough ER - ribosomes transport

Located inside the nucleus,

Nucleolus
makes ribosomes

Stores water or other

Vacuole substances, plant cells contain
a large central vaculole

Uses sunlight to create food

Chloroplast by photosynthesis (only found
in plant cells)

Cell Wall Provides additional support

 for the cell (only in plant and
bacterial cells)

Part of the cytoskeleton

function in support. Also
Microtubules
make up cilia and flagella
(cell movement)