The Golgi apparatus, also known as the Golgi body or Golgi complex, is a type of organelle (i.e., a structure located in the cell) that processes and packages proteins and lipid molecules (i.e., fat molecules). These are later transported to other cell compartments (e.g., lysosomes or the plasma membrane) or secreted from the cell.  When the Golgi apparatus was discovered in 1898 by Camillo Golgi, it was one of the first organelles of the cell to be discovered. He discovered it while researching the nervous system. Camillo Golgi referred to his discovery as the “internal reticular apparatus”, and it was not until 1910 that the organelle became named for him.