Cell parts analogy

Similarities between a cell and a bakery

The cell membrane could be compared to the outside of a bakery.

Walls keep all pieces and fluids inside.

The door let some things move in and out.

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Cytoplasm is the fluid that fills the cell as air fills the whole bakery.

Nucleolus resembles the co-workers in the bakery who do what the master baker tells them.

The analogous part for the endoplasmic reticulum is the oven.It bakes the products to give them the final touch.

The products are the analogy to the ribosomes. They enable the bakers to produce.

Mitochondria can be compared to the power lines of a bakery. They allow all the machines and ovens to work.

The vacuole is the analogous part of the storage room in a bakery. All things not needed immediately are stored here.

The golgi body resembles the co-worker who packs tasty bakery products in packages and delivers it.

The master baker is similar to the nucleus of the cell. He knows all recipes, he gives directions, he is the brain of the bakery.