| Amphipathic | Flagellum | Nonpolar | Polar |
| Cell | Golgi complex | Nuclear envelope | Ribosome |
| Cell wall | Hydrocarbon tail | Nucleoplasm | Rough ER |
| Central vacuole | Hydrophilic | Nucleotide | Smooth ER |
| Chloroplast | Hydrophobic | Nucleus | Surface area |
| Cilium | Light microscope | Organelle | Surface area to volume ratio |
| Cytoplasm | Membrane-bound protein | Phosphate head | Vesicle |
| Cytoskeleton | Membrane-bounded organelle | Phospholipid | Volume |
| Electron microscope | Microscopy | Phospholipid bilayer | |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | Mitochondrion | Plasma membrane |