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Science / Parts of an animal cell 10 min

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Parts of an animal cell

Your body is made of tiny living units called cells. Most are too small to see without a microscope. Each part has a job, and the parts work together. Explore this simplified animal cell to meet three of them.

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Cell parts

The nucleus contains DNA: instructions that help direct what the cell does.

Simplified model · not to scale · some cell parts are not shown
A cell’s parts work together to help it stay alive.
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