CellA cell is like a doctor’s office as a whole (the

building, the people, and the business).

Cell WallOnly plant cells have a

cell wall. The cell wall is the structure of the cell that supports it. The building itself

would be like the cell wall because it is the

structure of the office.

Cell Membrane

The cell membrane regulates what goes in and out of the cell. The doors to the building regulate who comes in and who goes out of the office.

Nucleus

The nucleus is the control center of the

cell. Most offices have a boss/manager

that is in control. They take care of things that the

doctor is to busy to deal with. Without a

boss/manager, it would be very hectic.

MitochondrionThe mitochondrion is the power house of the cell. It produces energy (ATP) for the

cell. The receptionists that are at the front desk schedule appointments and take care of patient’s paperwork. Without patients,

there would be no business. So the receptionists are like the power house of

the office and the patient’s business would be the energy.

Ribosome

Ribosomes produce proteins for the cell.

Advertising a doctor’s business

promotes people to become patients

there. So the advertising would be

like the ribosomes and the patients would be like the proteins in a cell.

The golgi apparatus packages and shifts proteins in the cell. When patients (proteins)

arrive, they have to remain in the waiting room, fill out papers that go into their charts,

and are eventually taken back to a room to see the doctor. This process gets the patients

(proteins) ready step-by-step to be seen by the doctor just like the golgi apparatus gets

the proteins ready and shifted in the cell.

Golgi Apparatus

Endoplasmic Reticulum

The endoplasmic reticulum are

passage ways for proteins to move

through the cell. The hallways in the

building are passage ways for the patients (proteins) to go from the waiting room to the room where they will see the doctor.

VacuoleThe vacuole stores water, food, and waste in the cell.

Patient’s charts store information that is needed to continue business with that

patient.

Plant Cell:•cell wall- outter most

covering•chloroplasts-

photosynthesis•usually square

•one large central vacuoles

•cytoskeleton- inside the cell

•no chloroplasts•can be any shape

•many small vacuoles

Animal Cell:

Both Cells:•do cell respiration

•eukaryotes•have a nucleus