Plant and Animal
Cell Organelles.
A comparison and analysis.
Within cells there is an intricate network of organelles that all have unique functions. These organelles allow the cell to function properly.
There are a dozen different types of organelles commonly found within the cells. We will focus our attentions on only a handful of organelles. We will examine these organelles with an eye to their role at a molecular level in the cell, and leave descriptive cell biology for another time. For example, our interest in the mitochondrion lies in its ability to generate energy in a form that is useful to the cell, and to that end we are interested in how the membrane structure allows the energy generation to proceed, but we will not spend much time naming mitochondrial structures or discussing their distribution in different cell types.
You may move your cursor over any organelle to get it's name and you can click on the organelle in the images below to get additional info on that particular form of organelle.
