Friday, August 17, 2007

Plant Cell

Nucleus: nuclear envelope, nucleolus, chromatin

Central vacuole: prominent organelle in older plant cells; functions include storag, breakdown of waste products, hydrolysis of macromolecules; enlargement of vacuole is a major mechanism of plant growth

Tonoplast: membrane enclosing the central vacuole

Cytoskeleton: microfilaments, microtubles, intermediate filaments.

Chloroplast: photosynthetic organelle; converts energy of sunlight to chemical energy stored in sugar molecules

Plasmodesmata: channels through cell walls that connect the cytoplasms of adjacent cells

Wall of adjacent cell

Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Ribosomes

Cell wall:
outer layer that maintains cell's shape and protects cell from mechanical damage; made of cellulose, other polysaccharides, and protein

Golgi apparatus

Centrosome:
region where the cell's microtubles are initiated; lacks centrioles in plant cells

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