{"id":341,"date":"2016-09-25T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T21:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/chapter\/animal-vs-plant-cells-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:45:27","slug":"animal-vs-plant-cells-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/chapter\/animal-vs-plant-cells-2\/","title":{"raw":"Animal vs Plant cells","rendered":"Animal vs Plant cells"},"content":{"raw":"Despite their fundamental similarities, there are some striking differences between animal and plant cells (see <strong>Table 3.1<\/strong>). Animal cells have centrioles, centrosomes (discussed under the cytoskeleton), and lysosomes, whereas plant cells do not. Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata, and plastids used for storage, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/09\/Figure_03_07a-1.png\" alt=\"figure_03_07a\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\"> <img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Figure_03_07b-1.png\" alt=\"figure_03_07b\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\">\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1>References<\/h1>\nUnless otherwise noted, images on this page are licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.mhcc.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=fELq4h6Pt0ZToj0GTMFwdPEQ6w28kY5ckgbKyG9QmZ496IJSvdzTCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fcreativecommons.org%2flicenses%2fby%2f4.0%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC-BY 4.0<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.mhcc.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=A5cEwLWl1r7AYbXIMefCCq5lXEDIZngk0oVPYclrOlQ96IJSvdzTCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fopenstax.org%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenStax<\/a>.\n\n<span class=\"name\">Text adapted from: OpenStax<\/span>, Concepts of Biology. 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Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, plasmodesmata, and plastids used for storage, and a large central vacuole, whereas animal cells do not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/09\/Figure_03_07a-1.png\" alt=\"figure_03_07a\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.hcfl.edu\/bio1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Figure_03_07b-1.png\" alt=\"figure_03_07b\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>References<\/h1>\n<p>Unless otherwise noted, images on this page are licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.mhcc.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=fELq4h6Pt0ZToj0GTMFwdPEQ6w28kY5ckgbKyG9QmZ496IJSvdzTCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fcreativecommons.org%2flicenses%2fby%2f4.0%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC-BY 4.0<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.mhcc.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=A5cEwLWl1r7AYbXIMefCCq5lXEDIZngk0oVPYclrOlQ96IJSvdzTCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fopenstax.org%2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpenStax<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"name\">Text adapted from: OpenStax<\/span>, Concepts of Biology. 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