All living things consists of cells. There are so many cells throughout our body that we cant count them all. The cells die and reproduce into millions of more cells. Plants have cells, and so do animals like ourselves. The plant cell has a cell wall, but the animal cell doesn't. There are many organelles in the cell, so I will only name a few of them in the plant cell and the animal cell.
Plant Cell
Nuclear membrane- protects the 'nucleus' and opens numerous time for nucleic traffic throughout the cell.
Chloroplast- makes food for the plant using water, sun, and CO2 aka carbon dioxide.
Nucleus- is the controller of the brain. Just like the mind controls actions.
Chromosomes- is in the nucleus. It is the ( DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) aka,DNA that our cell contains. It is blood.
Vacuoles- membrane-bound sacks for storage, digestion, and waste.
Cell wall- makes the plant cell stronger for protection.
Animal Cell
Nucleolus- produces ribosomes that move out of the nucleus and position their selves on the rough endoplasmic reticulum where they are critical in protein synthesis.
Cell membrane- every cell is enclosed by a double layer of lipid bilayer. It keeps the cell in one piece.
Cytoskeleton- helps keep the cell in one shape.
Lysosomes- they contain hydrolytic enzymes necessary for digestion processes.
Cytosol- is the "soup" within which all the other cell organelles resides and it is where a lot of cellular metabolism occurs.
Now you know some basic cell organelles. The advanced part is knowing all of the organelles and their functions.
Here are a couple of sites for cells:
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/plntcell.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/structures.html
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