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- unicellular
- Having or consisting of a single cell
- colonial
- A resident of a ___
- multicellular
- Consisting of many cells
- tissues
- Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function (plural)
- organs
- A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (plural)
- respiration
- The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules
- excretion
- The bodily process of discharging waste matter
- nucleus
- Center of an atom or a cell
- cytoplasm
- The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus
- nucleolus
- A small round body of protein in a cell ___
- semipermeable
- Selectively permeable
- membrane
- A pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
- wall
- An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness
- chromatin
- The readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins
- reticulum
- Any fine network
- ribosome
- An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell
- chloroplast
- Plastid containing ___ and other pigments
- lysosome
- An organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells
- vacuole
- A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell
- digestion
- The organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
- synthesis
- The process of producing a chemical compound
- celltheory
- The ___ that ___ form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms