Golgi apparatus /gôl″jē/ [Camillo Golgi, Italian histologist and Nobel laureate, 1843–1926; L, ad, toward, praeparare, to prepare] , one of many small membranous structures found in most cells, composed of various elements associated with the formation of carbohydrate side chains of glycoproteins, mucopolysaccharides, and other substances. Saccules within each structure migrate through the plasma membrane and release substances associated with external and internal secretion. Also called Golgi body, Golgi complex.
