General Overview of a Plant Cell


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First you have the Basic Plant Cell which is surrounded by the :

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CELL WALL which basically provides structure and support for the cell. The cell wall is a thin layer of cellulose and is very stiff. The cell wall surrounds the cell right out side the:
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CELL MEMBRANE which also surrounds the cell, letting some things in and keeping others out.� Like the cell wall, the cell membraen also gives the cell some structure. Cell membranes are made with lipid bi-layers that form a semi-permeable layer to allow transprotation in and out of the cell through DIFFUSION, OSMOSIS, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TRANSPORT.� Inside the cell- are organelles. Some of which include:
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THE NUCLEUS- which basically controls the actions within the cell.
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ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM which carries proteims from the nuclues to other parts of the cell.


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MITROCHONDRIA-� the energy factories of the cell. This organelle takes glucose and� oxygen to produce carbon
dioxide, water, and ATP.


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GOLGI BODIES- produces and packages protiens.


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CHLOROPLASTS-� a pretty� large andcomplex organelle that performs the function of photosynthesis inplant cells.


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THE RIBOSOMES- that� translate RNA into proteins.



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VACUOLES: basicly any organelle with very� little or no internal structure.
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INFO ON THIS PAGE CAME FROM: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~carl/organell.htm.
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