organelles
Type: concept Aliases: organelle damaged organelles cellular organelles
Systems Analogy
Separate hardware sub-units (hard drives, cooling pumps) dedicated to specific infrastructure tasks.
Specialized, membrane-bound cellular structures (e.g. mitochondria, lysosomes) that perform distinct metabolism or structural duties.
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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions
- Book / MonographNelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"Organelles organize metabolic tasks in eukaryotic cells."