Comparison between plant cell and animal cell

Plant cell	Animal cell
1.        Usually larger in size	Comparatively smaller in size
2.        It is enclosed by a rigid cell wall in addition to plasma membrane	No cell wall
3.        It cannot change its shape	It can often change in shape
4.        Plastids are present. Plant cells exposed to sunlight contain chloroplast	Plastids are usually absent
5.        A mature plant cell contains a large central vacuole	An animal cell often possesses many small vacuole
6.        Nucleus lies on one side in the peripheral cytoplasm	Nucleus usually lies in the centre
7.        Centrioles are usually absent except in motile cells of lower plants	Centrioles are practically present in all animal cells
8.        Lysosomes are rare	Lysosomes are always present
9.        Glyoxysomes may be present	Absent
10.      Tight junctions and desmosomes are lacking	They are present
11.      Reserve food is generally in the form of starch	Reserve food is usually glycogen
12.      It can synthesize all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins required by them	It cannot synthesize all the amino acids, coenzymes and vitamins required by them
13.      Spindle formed during cell division is anastral i.e. without asters at esthe poles	Spindle formed during cell division is amphiastral i.e. has an aster at each pole
14.      Cytokinesis occurs by cell plate method	Cytokinesis occurs by constriction or furrowing
15.      Plant cell does not burst if placed in hypotonic solution due to the presence of the cell wall	Animal cells lacking contractile vacuoles usually burst, if placed in hypotonic solution

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