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S.N. |
Animal cell |
Plant cell |
| 1. | It is enclosed by a thin, flexible, living plasma membrane only. | It is enclosed by a thick, dead cell wall in addition to plasma membrane. |
| 2. | It has many small temporary vacuoles. | It has a large permanent central sap vacuole. |
| 3. | Its nucleus is generally near the center. | Its nucleus is often pushed to one side in the peripheral cytoplasm by the sap vacuole. |
| 4. | Centrosome is present practically in all the animal cells. | Centrosome occurs only in motile cells of lower plants. |
| 5. | Plastids are absent, so they lack chlorophyll. | Plastids are usually present. |
| 6. | Mitochondria are generally numerous. | Mitochondria are usually fewer. |
| 7. | Cristae of mitochondria are plate-like. | Cristae of mitochondria are tubular. |
| 8. | Intermediate fibers are often present, forming a part of cytoskeleton. | Intermediate fibers are lacking. |
| 9. | Contractile vacuole may be present to pump out excess water. | There is no contractile vacuole. |
| 10. | Animal cells may change form and move about. | Cell wall prevents change in form and position of plant cells. |
| 11. | Animal cells cannot synthesize all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins. | Plant cells can synthesize all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins. |
| 12. | Tissue fluid containing NaCl bathes the animal cells. | NaCl is toxic to plant cells; hence, tissue fluid doesn’t bathe the cells. |
| 13. | Animal cells are generally much smaller than 100µm. | Plant cells are generally well over 100µm long. |
| 14. | Glyoxysomes are lacking. | Glyoxysomes are present. |
| 15. | Spindle formed during cell division is amphiastral, i.e. has an aster at each pole. | Spindle formed during cell division is anastral, i.e. without asters at the edges. |
| 16. | Cytoplasm always divides by furrowing. | Cytoplasm usually divides by cell plate method. |
| 17. | Stores carbohydrate as glycogen. | Stores carbohydrates as starch. |
| 18. | Tight junctions and desmosomes are present between cells. | Tight junctions and desmosomes are lacking. |
| 19. | Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) is abundant. | RER is sparse. |
| 20. | Chromosomes are relatively small. | Chromosomes are relatively large. |
| 21. | Cyclic nucleotides are present. | Cyclic nucleotides are lacking. |
| 22. | Golgi complex consists of more (10-20) cisternae. | Golgi complex comprises fewer (3-7) cisternae. |
| 23. | If placed in hypotonic solution, animal cells swell up and burst due to lack of cell wall. | If placed in hypotonic solution, plant cells do not swell up or burst due to the presence of cell wall. |
| 24. | Practically, all animal cells contain lysosomes. | Lysosomes are less prevalent in plant cells. |
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