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Golgi apparatus

noun

It is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells identified in 1898 by the Italian physician Camilo Golgi. It is one of the components of the GERL complex.

Structure: composed of membrane-bound stacks known as cisternae Functions: involved in glycosylation (i.e. adding carbohydrate to a protein), packaging of molecules like proteins into vesicles for secretion, transport of lipids around the cell, and the creation of lysosomes

Synonym: golgi Body, Golgi vesicles, dictyosome (in plants), parabasal body (in flagellate protozoa)