Golgi+Bodies

Golgi Bodies

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=Golgi Apparatus - Packing Things Up= The **Golgi apparatus** or Golgi complex is found in most cells. It is another **packaging organelle** like the [|endoplasmic reticulum] (ER). It was named after Camillo Golgi, an Italian biologist. It is pronounced GOL-JI in the same way you would say squee-gie, as soft a "G" sound. While layers of membranes may look like the rough ER, they have a very different function.

=Foundation of Vesicles= The Golgi complex gathers simple molecules and combines them to make molecules that are more complex. It then takes those big molecules, packages them in **vesicles**, and either stores them for later use or sends them out of the cell. It is also the organelle that builds [|lysosomes] (cell digestion machines). Golgi complexes in the plant may also create complex sugars and send them off in secretory vesicles. The vesicles are created in the same way the ER does it. The vesicles are pinched off the membranes and float through the cell.

The Golgi complex is a series of membranes shaped like pancakes. The single membrane is similar to the cell membrane in that it has two layers. The membrane surrounds an area of fluid where the complex molecules (proteins, sugars, enzymes) are stored and changed. Because the Golgi complex absorbs vesicles from the rough ER, you will also find [|ribosomes] in those pancake stacks.