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What helps and protects the cell?
The cell wall shapes, supports, and protects the cell. It prevents the cell from absorbing too much water and bursting. It also keeps large, damaging molecules out of the cell. Plastids are membrane-bound organelles with their own DNA.
What structures protect the cells?
The cell wall is a mesh of fibers that surrounds the plasma membrane. It protects and supports the cell.
What organelle protects and supports the cell on the outside?
The Plasma Membrane
The Plasma Membrane. The plasma membrane forms a barrier between the cytoplasm inside the cell and the environment outside the cell. It protects and supports the cell and also controls everything that enters and leaves the cell. It allows only certain substances to pass through, while keeping others in or out.
What surrounds a plant cell and protects it?
In most plants the cells are enclosed by an epidermis which protects the cells from the environment and some pests. In larger plants, like trees, the outer layer becomes bark, a corky layer of dead cells that gives extra protection. What prevents The plant cell from completely collapsing and how?
Cell (Plasma) Membrane: This membrane surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosing its contents. Cell Wall: The outer covering of the cell that protects the plant cell and gives it shape is the cell wall. Centrioles: These cell structures organize the assembly of microtubules during cell division .
Where is the cell wall located in an animal cell?
This outer covering is positioned next to the cell membrane (plasma membrane) in most plant cells, fungi, bacteria, algae, and some archaea. Animal cells however, do not have a cell wall.
What is the function of the guard cell?
Guard cells line the openings of stoma and other organs in plants, opening and closing to moderate the process of respiration. The chief role of guard cells is to prevent an excess loss of water through respiration, allowing the plant to trade oxygen and carbon dioxide without becoming dehydrated.