70 ■ CHAPTER 04 Life Is Cellular
CELLS
Nuclear envelope
Nucleus
Endoplasmic
reticulum (ER)
Nuclear pores
DNA
Smooth
ER
Rough
ER
Ribosomes
Smooth ER is a site for lipid
and hormone manufacture.
All eukaryotes
contain their
DNA within a
nucleus, the
control center
of the cell.
With its embedded
ribosomes, rough ER is a site
for protein production.
Golgi
apparatus
Free transport
vesicle
Transport
vesicle
being formed
Proteins and lipids are chemically
modified as they move from one part
of the Golgi apparatus to the next.
Lysosomes function as cellular
“recycling centers,” breaking down
molecules no longer needed by the cell.
Lysosomes