Cell (biology)

Cell (biology)

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{{main|Organelle}}
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[[Organelle]]s are [[Cellular compartment|compartments]] of the cell that are specialized for carrying out one or more functions, analogous to the [[Organ (biology)|organs]], such as the heart, and lungs. There are several types of organelles held in the cytoplasm. Most organelles are membrane-bound, and vary in size and number based on the growth of the host cell.{{cite journal |title=Scaling of Subcellular Structures |first=Wallace F. |last=Marshall |journal=Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology |volume=36 |pages=219–236 |year=2020 |doi=10.1146/annurev-cellbio-020520-113246 |pmid=32603615 |pmc=8562892 }} Organelles include the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, vesicles, and vacuoles. [[Membrane-less organelle]]s include the centrosome, typically the ribosome,{{cite web |title=5.6: Cell Organelles |url=https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/05%3A_Cells/5.06%3A_Cell_Organelles |website=Biology LibreTexts |access-date=3 November 2025 |language=en |date=21 December 2018}} and [[vault (organelle)|vaults]].
[[Organelle]]s are [[Cellular compartment|compartments]] of the cell that are specialized for carrying out one or more functions, analogous to the [[Organ (biology)|organs]], such as the heart, and lungs. There are several types of organelles held in the cytoplasm. Most organelles are membrane-bound, and vary in size and number based on the growth of the host cell.{{cite journal |title=Scaling of Subcellular Structures |first=Wallace F. |last=Marshall |journal=Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology |volume=36 |pages=219–236 |year=2020 |doi=10.1146/annurev-cellbio-020520-113246 |pmid=32603615 |pmc=8562892 }} Organelles include the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, vesicles, and vacuoles. [[Membrane-less organelle]]s include the [[nucleolus]] in the nucleus, [[centrosome]]s, and [[ribosome]]s.{{cite journal |vauthors=do Amaral MJ, de Andrade Rosa I, Andrade SA, Fang X, Andrade LR, Costa ML, Mermelstein C |title=The perinuclear region concentrates disordered proteins with predicted phase separation distributed in a 3D network of cytoskeletal filaments and organelles |journal=Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res |volume=1869 |issue=1 |pages=119161 |date=January 2022 |pmid=34655689 |pmc=9385405 |doi=10.1016/j.bbamcr.2021.119161 |url=}}{{cite web |title=5.6: Cell Organelles |url=https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/05%3A_Cells/5.06%3A_Cell_Organelles |website=Biology LibreTexts |access-date=3 November 2025 |language=en |date=21 December 2018}} and [[vault (organelle)|vaults]].


===Nucleus===
===Nucleus===