Cellular Organelles

These are amoebas, a type of free-living cell.

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Functions of organelles(Why are there organelles?)

Introduction to the types of organelles

Nonmembrane Bound Organelles

• Ribosomes
• Centrioles
• Microtubules
  

Membrane Bound Organelles

Organelles made-up of single membranes

• Vacuoles
• Lysosomes
• Vesicles
• Endoplasmic reticulum
• Golgi Apparatus
• Peroxisomes
• Endomembrane System
  

Organelles made-up of double membranes

• Mitochondria
• Chloroplasts

References

This document was . Last revised July 12, 1995.