What are some Organelles in the Cell?
Over their couple billion of years of evolution, eukaryotic (complex) cells have developed numerous organelles, or subcomponents, which perform specialized tasks to increase the overall effectiveness or adaptability of the cell. The most obvious is the nucleus, within which is the nucleolus, the epicenter of the cell where the genetic material can be found. The nucleus protects the genes (masters of the body) from degeneration from various sources such as invading viruses or energetic solar radiation. The nucleus is usually the largest of organelles in the cell, though sometimes second to large vacuoles. The second most famous of the organelles is probably the mitochondria. The mitochondria is the only organelle that itself contains some genetic material, likely a vestige from an era when the mitochondria was an independent organism. Mitochondria serve the function of power plants for the cell, taking NADH and NADPH and converting it into energy in the form of ATP via oxidative phospho
