Animal Cell

Diagram of an animal cell

ANIMAL CELL PARTS AND FUNCTIONS | SUMMARY TABLE
Organelle Summary of Function
 Protects the cell
 Controls the entry and exit
Cell membrane
of molecules

 The cytoplasm holds water

 Cytoplasm &
and nutrients
Cytoskeleton
 The cytoskeleton gives
structural rigidity to cell

 Command center of the

cell
Nucleus   Duplicate and store
genetic information

 Protein synthesis
Ribosomes

Summary of the function of the

Smooth ER:

Smooth Endoplasmic  Lipid synthesis

Reticulum (ER)  Detoxification of alcohol
and drugs

Rough Endoplasmic Summary of the function of the

Reticulum (ER) Rough ER:

 Protein synthesis

 Processes and packages

proteins and transports
Golgi apparatus them to other parts of the
cell or outside the cell.

 Converts food we eat into

energy we use
Mitochondria   Assist in cell growth, cell
cycle and cellular death

Lysosomes  Break down cellular waste into

building blocks
  Destroy foreign invaders

 Store food, water and

Vacuoles  waste

 Lung cells use cilia to

move mucus out of the
lungs
Cilia &Flagellum   A sperm cell uses its
flagellum to swim through
the female reproductive
tract