Animal Cell

By: Noah Maxwell

Centrioles
 Centrioles are only found in animal cells
and they replace themselves. Centrioles
are used to help in organizing cell
division although they are not needed.
 COL function- reproduction
Cilia and Flagella

They help move groups of cells materials and
fluids past cells that can’t move. The cilia is
made up of hair like structures.
COL function- Locomotion
Endoplasmic reticulum
 A system of sacs that make, process and
transport chemical compounds. It
provides a pipeline between the nucleus
and the cytoplasm.
 COL function- transport
Golgi bodies
 used for processing and distributing
materials and chemicals around and
outside the cell. It is just like the FedEx of
a cell.
 COL function- transport
Microtubules
 microtubules are only found in eukaryotic
cells and are straight hollow cylinders
found in the cytoplasm. They have many
functions including: Transport, structure
support etc.
 COL function- transport
Lysosomes
 Lysosomes are used to digest waste
products and debris from outside the cell.
It then turns them into simple chemical
compounds to be used as new building
materials.
 COL function- excretion, metabolism and
synthesis
Mitochondria
 A bean shaped organelle that turns
oxygen and nutrients into energy. They
are found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic
cells.
 COL function- Respiration, nutrition and
Metabolism
Nucleus
 The nucleus is like a brain of a cell that
contains the DNA. It helps the cell
interact and tells all it’s parts what to do.
 COL function- all
Peroxisomes
 Peroxisomes are a type of microbody.
Microbodys are Spherical and found in
the cytoplasm. Peroxisomes are the most
common type of microbody. They are
used to detoxify things.
 COL function- regulation and excretion
Cell Membrane
 The cell membrane is the outer wall of
the cell that keeps bad things out and
lets good things in. It helps to protect the
inside of the cell.
 COL function- excretion and regulation
Ribosomes
 all cells have ribosomes. Ribosomes are
made up of exactly 60% RNA and 40%
protein. In eukaryotes they have 4
strands of RNA but only 3 in prokaryotes.
They are used for processing proteins.
 COL function- nutrition, synthesis and
metabolism.
 Cytoplasm
 It holds the parts in the cell together. It is a
clear type jelly that surrounds the parts of
the cell.
 COL function- none
Facts
 Animal cells have all the same organelles as
stem cells.
 The earliest fossil evidence of an animal is
from 650 million years ago
 Cells were first discovered in 1665
 Scientists can take apart a cell and extract
the organelles