cell wall: Quick Facts

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Cutaway illustration of a plant cell showing labeled internal structures including the nucleus, nucleolus, chloroplast, mitochondrion, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, cell wall, and other key organelles.

Two structural diagrams compare glucose and cellulose: on the left, a single glucose molecule in a ring form, and on the right, a cellulose polymer made of repeating glucose units linked in a chain.

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Illustration comparing three cell types: a round animal cell and an irregularly shaped plant cell, both showing labeled organelles, and an elongated bacteria cell with labeled structures such as flagella and capsule.

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