Animal Cell

Plant Cell

Function: provide support and protection for the cell; allows water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other things to pass through

FOUND ONLY IN PLANT CELLS

Description: Phospholipid Bilayer with proteins embedded in it

Function: Provides a barrier between the inside of the cell and the external environment

Found in ALL Cells

Description: Double-membrane layer

Function: Selectively allows material to pass into and out of the nucleus via the pores

Location: WITHIN the nucleus

Found in all EUKARYOTIC CELLS

Function: controls most cell processes an contains hereditary info of DNA; has chromatin which forms chromosomes during mitosis

Location: near the center of the cell

Found in all EUKARYOTIC cells

Function: Location where ribosomes are made

Location: WITHIN the nucleus.

Found in all EUKARYOTIC cells

Description: DNA bound to proteins that is visible within the nucleus

Location: WITHIN the nucleus.

Description: Condensed chromatin, distinct, thread-like structures containing genetic information.

Location: WITHIN the nucleus.

Found in all EUKARYOTIC cells

TYPES:Free – are floating around in the cytoplasm

Bound – are attached to rough endoplasmic reticulum

Function: Protein Synthesis

Found in ALL cells

Function: use energy from food to make high-energy particles for the cell to use

Location: in the cytoplasm of the cell

Nickname: Powerhouse

Found in all EUKARYOTIC Cells

Description: Double membrane structure containing stacks of photosynthetic membranes which contain the green pigment chlorophyll.

Function: Use energy from sunlight to make energy-rich food molecules in a process known as photosynthesis.

Found ONLY in PLANT Cells

Description: Folded membrane studded with ribosomes that extends from the nuclear envelope

Function: Protein synthesis can occur ON the ribosomes and then the proteins are modified on the inside of the rough ER.

Found in all EUKARYOTIC Cells

Description: Folded membrane that extends from the rough ER or stands alone in the cytoplasm

Function: Contains collections of enzymes for specialized tasks, including assembly of lipids.

Found in all EUKARYOTIC Cells

Description: Folded membranes that are stacked and form an assembly line for final modification of proteins

Function: Using enzymes, it attaches carbohydrates & lipids to proteins. From the Golgi, proteins are sent to their final destination in vesicles.

Found in all EUKARYOTIC Cells

Function: Contain enzymes used to breakdown lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins.

Lysosomal Enzymes can: - Digest food- Destroy bacteria- Recycle damaged organelles- Function in embryonic development in animals

Found in MOST EUKARYOTIC Cells

Function: Location for storage of water, salts, proteins & carbohydrates. In plant cells there is usually a single, large, central vacuole that stores liquid.

Found in EUKARYOTIC Cells

Larger in Plant Cells than in Animal Cells

Function: helps the cell maintain its shape; also involved in movement inside the cell

Location: network of protein filaments that goes throughout the cell

Components: Microtubules & Microfilaments

Found in ALL Cells