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In biology, particularly cell biology, the term organelle is used to describe any one of a number of types of subcellular structures, historically identified through the use of some form of microscopy.
A few large organelles probably originated from endosymbiont bacteria:
Other organelles include:
- centriole
- endoplasmic reticulum
- golgi apparatus
- lysosome
- myofibril
- nucleus
- peroxisome
- ribosome
- vacuole
- vesicle
