Which type of cells have vesicles and vacuoles?

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asked Oct 21, 2023 in Other- Health by cihayes17 (2,480 points)
Which type of cells have vesicles and vacuoles?

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answered Jun 22, 2024 by TAnderson (20,650 points)
The type of cells that have vesicles and vacuoles are fungal cells and plant cells.

Also in some bacterial protist animal cells have vesicles and vacuoles.

A vacuole is larger than a vesicle and is a membrane bound organelle.

A vesicle is a small, membrane bound and chemically neutral and temporary container that is used to pass it's contents across organelle and cell plasma membranes.

Vesicles will often fuse with other phospholipid membranes within the cell, including the plasma membrane.

Vesicles can also be found in the following types of cells which include Plant cells and Animal cells.

Vesicles and vacuoles are membrane-bound sacs that function in storage and transport.

Vacuoles are somewhat larger than vesicles, and the membrane of a vacuole does not fuse with the membranes of other cellular components.

Vesicles can fuse with other membranes within the cell system.

Mature cells of all terrestrial plants, most fungi, and algae (except prokaryotic cells) have vacuoles.

However, there are no vacuoles in animal cells and in the immature plant cells, as well as some highly mature plant cells (such as stone cells).

Though prokaryotes lack membrane-bound organelles, they contain vacuoles.

The vacuoles present in prokaryotes are smaller compared to the ones found in eukaryotic cells due to the smaller cell size.

Other than the fact that vacuoles are somewhat larger than vesicles, there is a very subtle distinction between them: the membranes of vesicles can fuse with either the plasma membrane or other membrane systems within the cell.

All of these organelles are found in each and every eukaryotic cell.

Vesicles exist in both plant and animal cells.

They are small, enclosed sacs that are used to transport and store substances within a cell.

Extremely important for the movement of material within cells, vesicles are formed by membrane budding from organelles such as the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex, and can be moved along cytoskeletal elements by motor proteins.

Pigmented autophagic vacuoles may eventually occupy a major portion of the neuronal cell body volume because of resistance of the pigments to lysosomal degradation and/or inadequate fusion of the vacuoles with lysosomes.

Glandular epithelial cells, such as the lining of the small intestine with a brush border, have microvilli.

Glandular epithelial cells may have cytoplasmic mucin vacuoles.

Epithelial cells are characterized by the presence of desmosomes that connect them.

Many types of cells have cytoskeletal proteins.

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