THE CELL
by Amy Balch, p. 1 AP Biology
       Cells are so darn interesting!  I just love cells!  Yay!  Without cells

we would be, well, we wouldn't be at all.  They're essential to life and

some of the most fascinating and efficient things in the universe.  Hooray.
ANIMAL CELL
(click on name of structure for details)
diagram from Encarta.msn.com
PLANT CELL
diagram from Encarta.msn.com
(click on name of structure for details)
rough endoplasmic reticulum
ribosome
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
mitochondrion

nuclear pore
nucleolus
nuclear
envelope
nucleus
Golgi apparatus
centriole
lysosome
cytoplasm
cell membrane
NOT SHOWN ABOVE!
chromosomes
food vacuoles
microtubules
microfilaments
intermediate filaments
flagella
cilia
chromosomes
food vacuoles
microtubules
microfilaments
cell membrane
Golgi apparatus
rough endoplasmic reticulum
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
plasmodesmata
cell wall
lysosome
cytoplasm
mitochondrion
central vacuole
chloroplast
nucleus
nucleolus
ribosome
thylakoid
membrane
starch
grain
nuclear membrane
nuclear pore
NOT SHOWN ABOVE!
tight junctions
desmosomes
gap juntions
peroxisomes
peroxisomes
cilia
flagella
intermediate filaments
Protist: contractile vacuole