Biology Parts of a Cell

1. Nucleus

It can be called the brain of the plant cell and the most important of all plant cell parts. This is because the cell nucleus performs all the administrative tasks of the cell. It coordinates all the metabolic functions. Cell growth, cell division and protein synthesis are some of the tasks that are coordinated by the nucleus.

2. Plastids

Plastids are those plant cells which carry pigments. So, it goes without saying that chloroplast happens to be the most important of all plastids, because they contain green chlorophyll pigments. Chloroplast plastids photosynthesize sunlight and make food for the plants.

3. Ribosome

These are the parts that predominantly contain ribonucleic acids (RNA). Their composition contains almost 60% of the ribonucleic acids and 40% of proteins. Ribosomes are those parts that are responsible for synthesis of proteins in plants.

4. Mitochondria

Complex carbohydrates and sugars are very difficult to breakdown. The mitochondria is responsible for this task. They break complex carbohydrates into very simple form, which is easily used in plants. Mitochondria do not directly supply energy to all parts, but they are still called the powerhouse of the cells.

5. Golgi Body

The Golgi body, also known as golgi complex or golgi apparatus, is used to transport material inside and outside the cell. Golgi body alters and prepares lipids for them to transport outside the cell, but before that they need to be synthesized by endoplasmic reticulum.

6. Endoplasmic Reticulum

Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is a network of convulsed sacs, which are in turn interconnected. The cytoplasm of the plant cell and nucleus are connected by the endoplasmic reticulum. There are two types of ER, which are distinguished according to the presence of ribosome. They can be called smooth or rough. Endoplasmic reticulum is that structure which basically transports glycogens, proteins and other compounds.

7. Vacuoles

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