Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Prokaryotic Cells vs Eukaryotic Cells










Prokaryotic cells contain very little of an internal membrane structure, if at all. The Eukaryotic cell contains many membrane bounded organelles that are as complex as the prokaryotic cell.

Prokaryotic:
  1. Cell Wall
  2. Plasma Membrane
  3. Flagellum
  4. Plasmids
  5. Ribosomes
  6. Cytoplasm
  7. Chromosome (Super-coiled DNA strand)
  8. Nucleoid (non-membrane bound)
  9. Cytoskeleton (small compared to the Eukaryote)
  10. Glycolipids
Eukaryotic Cells (Animal & Plant)
  1. Nucelus: Nuclear Envelope, Nucleolus, Chromosomes
  2. Centrioles
  3. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
  4. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
  5. Ribosomes
  6. Peroxisomes
  7. Golgi Apparatus
  8. Lysosome (Vacuole)
  9. Mitochondria
  10. Cytoskeletal structure
  11. Plasma Membrane
  12. Cell Wall
  13. Chloroplast
  14. Cytoplasm