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Animal Cell Vs Human Body

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The Animal Cell VS. The Human Body
Introduction: The animal cell can be compared to the human body in various ways and functions. Most or all parts of the animal can be matched to parts of the human body that have very similar functions and jobs when looking at the whole picture. Like an animal cell, each part of the human body has a specific job that helps regulate the entire operation. Some parts are more important or have a bigger job than others. For example, the brain is much more important to the entire system than the teeth are. Or in the sense of an animal cell, the nucleus has a much bigger job than the lysosomes.

Cell membrane: The cell membrane surrounds the cell and controls what goes in and out of the cell. This is a lot like skin protects and holds the body together. And much like the …show more content…

This is compared to blood cells that also can be found throughout the human body and contribute to the health of many, if not all, organs.
Cytoskeleton: The job of the cytoskeleton in an animal cell is to give the cell shape and structure, hold the organelles in place and direct their movement. This sounds very familiar to the job of bones and muscles which also give the human body shape and structure and hold the organs in place.
Lysosomes: Lysosomes contain enzymes that break down and digest large molecules into smaller molecules. To me this sounds like the function of the stomach, which also digests large materials into smaller materials to send into the body as nutrients and proteins. The stomach and lysosomes also share an acidic environment for the material to be digested in.
Endoplasmic reticulum: The function of the ER is to carry material and nutrients through the cell from part to part. Which is also the function of the intestines. They both carry necessary materials through the body or cell. And as well as the function, they also take on a very similar

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