1. Plant Cells: Structure and Function

2. Eukaryotic Plant Cell

3. Characteristics of ALL Cells
All pro and eukaryotic cells have the following:
Cell membrane- An outer boundary which is also called the plasma membrane
Cytoplasm- The interior of a cell; just the liquid is called cytosol.
Cytoskeleton (microtubules/microfilaments)- Protein filaments (thread-like structures) that are important in cell movement, shape and division
Ribosomes- Structures that do not have a membrane and make proteins
DNA- hereditary information

4. Eukaryotic Organelles

5. Organelles that Surround the Cell
Cell membrane- “Selects” what can enter and leave the cell.
Cell wall
Surrounds the cell membrane and provides structure and support
Made of cellulose- long carbohydrate chain

6. Organelles inside the cell
Nucleus
Directs the cell’s activities
Houses DNA
Houses the nucleolus
where ribosomes are made

7. Endoplasmic reticulum
System of membranes that move proteins around inside the cell- “intracellular highway”
Can be smooth or rough
rough has ribosomes attached to it and smooth does not
ribosomes can also be found in the cytosol
Golgi apparatus
Flattened sacs
Processes proteins into vesicles (membrane bound sacs)

8. Mitochondria Chloroplast
Produces ATP- form of energy that can be used by the cell.
Has a double membrane
Outer membrane is smooth and the inner membrane (cristae) is folded.
Has its own DNA
Chloroplast
Where photosynthesis occurs
Has its own DNA and a double membrane

9. Mitochondria

10. Chloroplast

11. Central Vacuole
Large
Stores water, nutrients and waste

13. “Typical” Plant Cell