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 CELLS

CELL STRUCTURE AND MICROSCOPY

SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURE EUKARYOTES PROKARYOTES

   
  ANIMAL CELLS PLANT CELLS  
Cell wall
Plasma membrane
Nucleus & nucleoli
Chromosomes Single circular loop of DNA
Centrioles
Mitochondria
Plastids (chloroplasts, chromoplasts etc.)
Sap vacuole
Food vacuoles Some
Contractile vacuoles Some
Pseudopods Some
Cilia Some
Flagellae Some Some Rotating
Microtubules
Lysosomes
Golgi apparatus
Microvilli Some
Endoplasmic reticulum    
Nuclear envelope & pores
Vesicles
Ribosomes (bigger) (bigger) (smaller)
Mesosome
Organelle membranes
Macromolecular structures

© Paul Billiet 2004