Organelle
Organelle
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<catset>Category="Cell biology"</catset>[image] In <a href="Cell biology">Cell biology</a>, an <b>organelle</b> is one of several structures with specialized functions, suspended in the <a href="Cytoplasm">cytoplasm</a> of a <a href="Eukaryote">eukaryotic</a> <a href="Cell (biology)">cell</a>. Organelles were historically identified through the use of <a href="Microscopy">Microscopy</a>, and were also identified through the use of <a href="Cell fractionation">Cell fractionation</a>.<p>A few large organelles probably originated from <a href="Endosymbiont">Endosymbiont</a> <a href="Bacteria">bacteria</a>: <ul> <li> <a href="Chloroplast">Chloroplast</a> <li> Other <a href="Plastid">plastids</a>, such as <a href="Leucoplast">leucoplasts</a>, <a href="Amyloplast">amyloplasts</a>, Etioplasts, <a href="Elaioplast">Elaioplast</a>, rhodoplasts, <a href="Leucoplast">leukoplasts</a>, and <a href="Chromoplast">chromoplasts</a>. <li> <a href="Mitochondrion">Mitochondrion</a> </ul><p>Other organelles include: <ul> <li> <a href="Acrosome">Acrosome</a> <li> <a href="Centriole">Centriole</a> <li> <a href="Endoplasmic reticulum">Endoplasmic reticulum</a> <li> <a href="Golgi apparatus">Golgi apparatus</a> <li> <a href="Lysosome">Lysosome</a> <li> <a href="Myofibril">Myofibril</a> <li> <a href="Cell nucleus">nucleus</a> <li> <a href="Peroxisome">Peroxisome</a> <li> <a href="Ribosome">Ribosome</a> <li> <a href="Vacuole">Vacuole</a> <li> <a href="Vesicle (biology)">vesicle</a> <li> <a href="Melanosome">Melanosome</a> <li> <a href="Cilium">Cilium</a>/<a href="Flagellum">Flagellum</a> <li> <a href="Parenthesome">Parenthesome</a> </ul><p>Other related structures: <ul> <li> <a href="Cytosol">Cytosol</a> <li> <a href="Endomembrane system">Endomembrane system</a> <li> <a href="Nucleosome">Nucleosome</a> <li> <a href="Microtubule">Microtubule</a> <li> <a href="Cell membrane">Cell membrane</a> </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">See also</h2><ul> <li><a href="Cell (biology)">Cell</a> <li><a href="Endosymbiotic theory">Endosymbiotic theory</a>. </ul><p><center><p><table style="margin:0 auto;"><tr><th align=center style=" background:#ccccff">Organelles of the <a href="Cell (biology)">cell</a></th></tr><tr><td align=center style="font-size:90%;"><a href="Chloroplast">Chloroplast</a> | <a href="Mitochondrion">Mitochondrion</a> | <a href="Centriole">Centriole</a> | <a href="Endoplasmic reticulum">Endoplasmic reticulum</a> | <a href="Golgi apparatus">Golgi apparatus</a> | <a href="Lysosome">Lysosome</a> | <a href="Myofibril">Myofibril</a> | <a href="Cell nucleus">Nucleus</a> | <a href="Peroxisome">Peroxisome</a> | <a href="Ribosome">Ribosome</a> | <a href="Vacuole">Vacuole</a> | <a href="Vesicle (biology)">Vesicle</a></td></tr></table><p></center>