A cell with a complex internal structure, capable of building multicellular organisms.
u-CARE-ee-OT-ik SEL A complex cell containing organelles. 14, 63
A cell with a distinct nucleus.
A cell containing a membrane-bounded nucleus and membrane-bounded organelles.
Cell characterized by having chromosomes with a double nuclear membrane forming a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles within the matrix.
(YOO-kare-ee-AW-tick) A cell that has a nucleus and other organelles not found in prokaryotes; includes all animal and most plant cells.
A cell that has a true nucleus surrounded by a membrane. This group includes all animal and plant cells, except cyanobacteria.
A cell that contains a nucleus. Humans and all higher organisms have eukaryotic cells. Bacteria and other primitive organisms have prokaryotic cells, whose chromosome(s) are not segregated from the rest of the cellular material in a nucleus.
A cell containing a nucleus that is bound within a thin membrane and contains almost all of the cell's DNA. Eukaryotic cells have internal specializations, and this allows different cells to specialize in a multicellular organism. Most familiar living things—your pets, your plants, you—are eukaryotes.