Plant And Animal Cells Are Different As The Former Possess. Animal cells do not contain cell walls as one of the organelles but they do have a plasma membrane which is the same as in plants. Beyond size the main structural differences between plant and animal cells lie in a few additional structures found in plant cells.
They are typically smaller than plant cells with a roundish shape which is fairly irregular. Rhys Baker author from Peterborough UK on June 01 2012. Animal cells contain organelles known as centrioles which are not present in plant cells.
Difference between the Plant Cell and Animal Cell Both the plant and animal cell contain the membrane-bound organelles like the endoplasmic reticulum nucleus mitochondria Golgi apparatus Lysosomes etc.
Cell wall is absent in animals. In terms of mitosis plants are usually lumped together with those animal cells that also lack centrioles for example germ-line cells and it is commonly assumed that all such cells must divide. Due to the lack of a rigid cell wall animal cells can adopt a variety of shapes and a phagocytic cell can even engulf other structures. Plant cells have a cell wall chloroplasts and other specialized plastids and a large central vacuole whereas animal cells do not.
