Vacuole

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Vacuole

• Adam Starnes, Drew Hess, Sarah Russell
• The vacuole is present in both plant and animal
  cells. Its responsibility in the plant cell is to
  maintain the structure and shape of the cell.
  Since plant cells dont increase their size by
  increasing their cytoplasm, they increase the
  size of their vacuoles. The vacuole is a large
  vesicle that is also used to store nutrients,
  proteins, pigments, metabolites, and waste
  products. The vacuole usually takes up to 80
  percent of the cells space. Vacuoles in animal
  cells tend to be much smaller. In animal cells
  they are used to temporarily store materials and
  transport substances. Vacuoles are filled up with
  a liquid called cell sap and enclosed by a
  membrane called tonoplast.

• Here, the central vacuole is located in a plant
  cell. As you can see it takes up most of the
  cells space.