GENERAL HISTOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the main difference between plant and animal cells?
A
Animal cells are eukaryotes and plant cells are not
B
Plant cells are eukaryotes and animal cells are not
C
Animals cells have cell walls and plant cells do not
D
Plant cells have cell walls and animal cells do not
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A prominent difference between a plant and an animal cell is the presence of a cell wall and chloroplasts. Plant cells have chloroplasts and the cell membrane has an outer covering called cell wall. Animal cells lack both chloroplasts and cell walls.

Detailed explanation-2: -In plants, the cell wall surrounds the cell membrane. This gives the plant cell its unique rectangular shape. Animal cells simply have a cell membrane, but no cell wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -A plant cell has a square or rectangular shape while the animal cells have an irregular or round shape.

Detailed explanation-4: -Plant cell needs cell wall whereas animal cell do not because the plants need rigid structure so that they can grow up and out . All cells have cell membranes, and the membranes are flexible. So animal cells can have various shapes, but plant cells only have the shapes of their cell walls.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plant cells have a cell wall and plastids that animal cells don’t.

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