centro- = the center; -soma = a body (centrosome: material present in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells and important during cell division)
chloro- = green (chloroplast: the site of photosynthesis in plants and eukaryotic algae)
cili- = hair (cilium: a short, hairlike cellular appendage with a microtubule core)
cyto- = cell (cytosol: a semifluid medium in a cell in which organelles are located)
-ell = small (organelle: a small, formed body with a specialized function found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells)
endo- = inner (endomembrane system: the system of membranes within a cell that includes the nuclear envelope, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vacuoles, and the plasma membrane)
eu- = true (eukaryotic cell: a cell that has a true nucleus)
extra- = outside (extracellular matrix: the substance in which animal tissue cells are embedded)
flagell- = whip (flagellum: a long, whiplike cellular appendage that moves cells)
glyco- = sweet (glycoprotein: a protein covalently bonded to a carbohydrate)
lamin- = sheet/layer (nuclear lamina: a netlike array of protein filaments that maintains the shape of the nucleus)
lyso- = loosen (lysosome: a membrane-bounded sac of hydrolytic enzymes that a cell uses to digest macromolecules)
micro- = small; -tubul = a little pipe (microtubule: a hollow rod of tubulin protein in the cytoplasm of almost all eukaryotic cells)
nucle- = nucleus; -oid = like (nucleoid: the region where the genetic material is concentrated in prokaryotic cells)
phago- = to eat; -kytos = vessel (phagocytosis: a form of cell eating in which a cell engulfs a smaller organism or food particle)
plasm- = molded; -desma = a band or bond (plasmodesmata: an open channel in a plant cell wall)
pro- = before; -karyo = nucleus (prokaryotic cell: a cell that has no nucleus)
pseudo- = false; -pod = foot (pseudopodium: a cellular extension of amoeboid cells used in moving and feeding)
thylaco- = sac or pouch (thylakoid: a series of flattened sacs within chloroplasts)
tono- = stretched; -plast = molded (tonoplast: the membrane that encloses a large central vacuole in a mature plant cell)
trans- = across; -port = a harbor (transport vesicle: a membranous compartment used to enclose and transport materials from one part of a cell to another)
ultra- = beyond (ultracentrifuge: a machine that spins test tubes at the fastest speeds to separate liquids and particles of different densities)
vacu- = empty (vacuole: sac that buds from the ER, Golgi, or plasma membrane)
