Posted by Difference Between Plant Cell and Animal Cell
Plants and animals are made up of millions of cells and both have several differences and similarities. Know the difference between plant cell and animal cell in tabular form for better understanding.
| Parameters | Animal cell | Plant cell |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Animal cells have many smaller vacuoles | Plant cell contains larger singular vacuole that is responsible for storage and maintaining cell shape |
| Cell Shape | Animal cell shape have irregular structure or round in shape | Plant cell shape is generally square or rectangular in shape |
| Cell Wall | Cell wall is absent | Cell wall is present |
| Cell Membrane | cell membrane is present | Cell membrane is present |
| Endoplasmic Reticulum | Endoplasmic Reticulum is present | Endoplasmic Reticulum is present |
| Nucleus | Nucleus found in the center of the cell | Nucleus found on the side of the cell |
| Lysosomes | Found, Lysosomes contains digestive enzymes that roles is to break down cellular macromolecules | Few and rare: vacuole and the Golgi bodies handle molecule degradation of waste cellular products |
| Centrosomes | Centrosomes is present in the cell | Centrosomes is not present |
| Plastids | Not found | Found |
| Ribosomes | Found | Found |
| Cytoplasm | Found | Found |
| Golgi Apparatus | Found | Found |
| Vacuoles | Generally small and high in number | Few Large |
| Cilia | Found | Not found |
| Mitochondria | Found and higher in number | Found but less in number |
| Nutrition Mode | Heterotrophic | autotrophic |
| Nucleolus | Nucleolus present in the nucleus | Nucleolus present in the nucleus |
| Centrioles | Centrioles is responsible for the cell division process | It is not present in the cell |
| Peroxisomes | Peroxisomes are present in the cytoplasm and perform the oxidation mechanisms for specific biomolecules | It is present in the cell cytoplasm functioning as cell oxidizers for cellular molecules |
| Microfilaments and microtubules | It’s functioning to provide support to the cell cytoskeleton | It’s functioning to give cytoskeletal support |
| Cytoskeletons | It’s a major task to create a network that organizes the cell component and maintain the cell shape | plant cell have a cytoskeleton that maintains the plant cell shape |
| Cytosol | cell organelles are suspended | cell organelles are suspended |
| Microvilli | It is found in the intestinal lining helps to extend the surface area for the absorption of food | It is not present in the cell |
| Cilia and Filaments | Found, it’s role to allow movement of cells or part of the cell | Not found |
| Plastids | Not present | Plastids is present in the plant cell and it’s role to provide pigmentation color and also help in the photosynthesis process |
| Plasmodesmata | Not present | They facilitate the communication and transport of materials across plant cells. |
| Osmosis in a hypotonic solution | They absorb water molecules by osmosis and easily bursts They absorb water molecules by osmosis but they do not burst | They absorb water molecules by osmosis but they not burst |
| Size and shape | Ranging from 10-30um in length | Ranging from 10um-100um in length. |
