Check your textbook for diagrams and photos of plant and animal cells. You should be familiar enough with the structural differences between them to identify a cell as either animal or plant. You can click below to see diagrams of plant and animal cells. And just like the organs and systems which interact to allow our bodies to function normally, the cell's organelles combine together to allow the cell to carry out the function it is designed to do. It is important to realise that different cells have different numbers and types of organelles.
Cells are specialised for a particular function.
The Table which follows lists the most commonly found organelles, features of their structures and their functions. Yes, usually Yes No Rigid structure providing support for cell. Yes Jelly-like substance filling intracellular space, contains dissolved substances. Yes Network of fine tubes and threads. Provides internal structural support.