free ribosomes
1Ribosome — cell, showing subcellular components including ribosomes (3). Organelles: (1) nucleolus (2) nucleus (3) ribosomes (little dots) (4) vesicle (5) rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (6) Golgi apparatus (7) Cytoskeleton (8) smooth ER (9) mitochondria… …
2cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …
3Endomembrane system — The endomembrane system is composed of the different membranes that are suspended in the cytoplasm within a eukaryotic cell. These membranes divide the cell into functional and structural compartments, or organelles. The organelles of the… …
4Peroxisome — Peroxisomes are ubiquitous organelles in eukaryotes that participate in the metabolism of fatty acids and other metabolites. Peroxisomes have enzymes that rid the cell of toxic peroxides. They have a single lipid bilayer membrane that separates… …
5Nissl body — Image of a Nissl stained histological section through the rodent hippocampus showing various classes of neurons …
6Hepatocyte — [ thumb|300px|Sinusoid of a rat liver with fenestrated endothelial cells. Fenestrae are approx 100 nm diameter, and the sinusoidal width 5 µm. Scanning electron micrograph by Robin Fraser, University of Otago.] Hepatocytes make up 70 80% of the… …
7microbody — A cytoplasmic organelle, bounded by a single membrane and containing oxidative enzymes. Microbodies include peroxisomes and glyoxysomes. * * * mi·cro·body mī krō .bäd ē n, pl bod·ies PEROXISOME * * * mi·cro·body (miґkro bod″e) any of a… …
8visual cell myoid — the basophilic inner region of the inner segment of the dendritic process of a retinal rod or cone, lying between the ellipsoid and the soma, and containing agranular endoplasmic reticulum and free ribosomes …
9bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom …
10metabolism — /meuh tab euh liz euhm/, n. 1. Biol., Physiol. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Cf. anabolism, catabolism …
