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What are the 17 organelles?

im studying for a test and i need to know the 17 organelles and also what they do.

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Answer #1

acrosome, autophagasome, centriole, cilium, eyespot apparatus, glycosome, hydrogenosome, lysosome, melanosome, mitosome, myofibril, nucleolus, parenthesome, peroxisome, ribosome, vesicle

Answer #2

there’s more than 17, though..

Answer #3

Here are a few (not seventeen!). As already mentioned, there are more than seventeen anyway. But here are a few and also a brief description of their function

nucleus - contains DNA, assembles RNA in the nucleolus mitachondria - Cell respiration (where the cells energy - ATP - comes from smooth endoplasmic reticulum - Protein synthesis rough endoplasmic riticulum - Protein synethesis (especially relating to detoxification) golgi apparatus - modifies and packages proteins chloroplast - plant version of mitocondria, involved in photosynthesis vacuole - plant version of a lysosome. It breaks down old organelles and recycles the components. Also helps maintain turgor pressure

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