I am having difficulty with one of the questions on my homework assignment in Anatomy and Physiology I.  The question is "What are the different organelles and their functions?"  Help..
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Cell(Plasma) Membrane:
-Function: Protective layer that separates the interior of a cell from it's surroundings. Controls the movement of the particles in and outside the cell.
Cytoplasm:
-Function: Transports, absorbs, and processes nutrients. Holds organelles.
Centrioles:
-Function: Involved in the cell division. Forms spindle fibers.
Ribosomes:
-Function: Makes proteins.
Mitochondria:
-Function: Uses sugars and turns it into energy, and makes ATP.
Nucleus:
-Function: Controls cell activities. Passage ways for RNA suspends nucleolus.
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)
-Functions: Makes/Transports Proteins.
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER).
-Functions: Makes/Transports Fats.
Golgi Body(Apparatus).
-Functions: Stores/modifies/sorts/packages proteins into vessicles.
Lysosomes:
-Functions: Enymes that function break down food particles, cell wastes, and worn-out cell parts.
Peroxisomes:.
-Functions: Digest foreign bodies; neutralize toxic compounds.
Cell Wall:.
-Functions: Surrounds/protects a plant cell and gives the cell it's boxy shape, prevents bursting in most environments.
Chloroplasts:
-Function: Traps energy from the sun, and converts it into energy sugar and
starch(food) via photosynthesis.
Plastid:
-Functions: Stores nutrients/pigments/chemicals used in food making (photosynthesis)
Vacuole:
-Functions: Membrane-bounded sacs for storage of water/food/wastes.
Flagella/Cillia:
-Functions: Flagella: Movement(Wipe-line action.) Cillia-Trap dust/movement.

 
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