Animal cell organelles

Cell Wall: A coating of the cell, composed of carbohydrates and proteins, present mainly in bacteria (prokaryotes).

Plasma membrane: is a thin elastic structure. Its basic structure is a thin film of two lipid molecules thick, which acts as a barrier to the passage of water and soluble substances between extracellular fluid and intracellular fluid. Floating in the lipid bilayer, are protein molecules.

Microtubules: They are part of the cytoskeleton, responsible for intracellular transport.

Golgi apparatus: Membranous organelle consisting of a series of flattened sacs, their functions are: protein secretion, maturation of proteins, glycosylation (sulfation, sulfate groups and carboxylation pastes, sugar paste, carbon groups).

Vacuole: vacuoles segregate waste products of plant cells and remove salts and other solutes whose concentration increases gradually over the life of the cell. Sometimes some solutes crystallize inside the vacuoles, found primarily in plants and have large animals are less frequent and smaller.

Mitochondria (eukaryotes only): Its functions are: cell respiration and ATP production, have two membranes, one internal and one external, has its own genetic material has respiratory enzymes.

Lysosome (eukaryotes only animals): Are spherical sacs containing hydrolytic enzymes (digestive) and digest organic matter. When the cell dies, these bags are broken and released enzymes, digest cellular components.

Endoplasmic reticulum (R.E.): This can be divided into smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum, and their functions are: to serve irítracelular transport. And the special functions are: smooth endoplasmic reticulum, is involved in lipid synthesis. Rough endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes have to be responsible for the synthesis of proteins.

Ribosomes: They are not membranous cell components. Aisladpso can be found in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, its role in both cases is the synthesis of proteins.