Supported by. Pat Tillman walked away from a lucrative career in the National Football League to join the military and fight in Afghanistan, where he was ultimately killed by friendly fire in an incident that was initially covered up.
A membrane-enclosed sac that is part of the endomembrane system of a eukaryotic cell, having diverse functions. central vacuole. A membrane-enclosed sac occupying most of the interior of a mature plant cell, having diverse roles in reproduction, growth, and development. peroxisome. sac made of membrane in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. endoplasmic reticulum (ER). An extensive membranous network in a eukaryotic cell, continuous with the outer nuclear membrane and composed of ribosome-studded (rough) and ribosome-free (smooth) regions.
Cellular organelles and their membranes. The vacuole. Most plant cells contain one or more membrane-bound vesicles called vacuoles. Within the vacuole is the cell sap, a water solution of salts and sugars kept at high concentration by the active transport of ions through permeases in the vacuole membrane.