Animal and plant cells
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Similarities and difference between plant and animal cells
Plant cells contains:
Chloroplasts- a disc-shaped organelle containing chlorophyll, where the photosynthesis occurs Cell walls- a thick, rigid membrane that surrounds a plant cell. This layer of cellulose fiber gives the cell most of its support and structure. |
Animal cells contains:
Lysosome- round organelles surrounded by a membrane and containing digestive enzymes. This is where the digestion of cell nutrients takes place. |
Both of the cells contains:
Endoplasmic reticulum(ER)- a vast system of interconnected, membranous, folded and convoluted sacks that are located in the cell's cytoplasm.
Mitochondria- spherical to rod-shaped organelles with a double membrane. The inner membrane is folded many times. The mitochondria converts the energy stored in glucose into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for the cell.
Ribosomes- small organelles composed of RNA-rich cytoplasmic granules that are sites of protein synthesis.
Vacuoles- fluid-filled, membrane-surrounded cavities inside a cell. The vacuole fills with food being digested and waste material that is on its way out of the cell.
Golgi apparatus- a flattened, layered, sac-like organelle that looks like a stack of pancakes and is located near the nucleus. It produces the membranes that surround the lysosomes. The Golgi body packages proteins and carbohydrates into membrane-bound vesicles for "export" from the cell.
Nucleus membrane- the membrane that surrounds the nucleus.
Cell membrane- the thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell. The cell membrane is semipermeable, allowing some substances to pass into the cell and blocking others.
Cytoplasm- the jellylike material outside the cell nucleus in which the organelles are located.
Nucleus- spherical body containing many organelles, including the nucleolus.
Endoplasmic reticulum(ER)- a vast system of interconnected, membranous, folded and convoluted sacks that are located in the cell's cytoplasm.
Mitochondria- spherical to rod-shaped organelles with a double membrane. The inner membrane is folded many times. The mitochondria converts the energy stored in glucose into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for the cell.
Ribosomes- small organelles composed of RNA-rich cytoplasmic granules that are sites of protein synthesis.
Vacuoles- fluid-filled, membrane-surrounded cavities inside a cell. The vacuole fills with food being digested and waste material that is on its way out of the cell.
Golgi apparatus- a flattened, layered, sac-like organelle that looks like a stack of pancakes and is located near the nucleus. It produces the membranes that surround the lysosomes. The Golgi body packages proteins and carbohydrates into membrane-bound vesicles for "export" from the cell.
Nucleus membrane- the membrane that surrounds the nucleus.
Cell membrane- the thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell. The cell membrane is semipermeable, allowing some substances to pass into the cell and blocking others.
Cytoplasm- the jellylike material outside the cell nucleus in which the organelles are located.
Nucleus- spherical body containing many organelles, including the nucleolus.