Animal Cell Diagram in 3D
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| Feature | Animal cell | Plant cell |
|---|---|---|
| Cell wall | No (only a flexible cell membrane) | Yes, made mostly of cellulose |
| Shape | Round or irregular; can change shape | Fixed, often boxy or rectangular |
| Chloroplasts | No | Yes, in green parts of the plant |
| Vacuoles | Small and temporary, if any | One large central vacuole |
| Lysosomes | Yes | Usually not; the vacuole digests instead |
| Centrioles | Yes, a pair in the centrosome | No (in most plants) |
| Links to neighbors | Gap junctions | Plasmodesmata through the wall |
| Stored food | Glycogen and fat | Starch and oils |
| How it gets energy | Eats food (heterotroph) | Makes food by photosynthesis (autotroph) |
| Nucleus, mitochondria, ER, Golgi, ribosomes | Yes | Yes |
| Cell membrane, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, peroxisomes | Yes | Yes |