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Vacuoles
Besher Ashouri
Jasmine Samra
Vacuoles
 Large Vesicles
 Golgi Apparatus and Endoplasmic Reticulum.
 Part of the Endomembrane System
Functions of Vacuoles
• Water regulator
• Enzymatic Hydrolysis (Plants and Fungi)
 Storage for organic compounds
 Storage for poisonous compounds (Plant Protection)
 Containment of waste products
 A major player in the growth of plant cells (absorbs
water)
Structure of Vacuoles
Membrane which surrounds a mass of fluid
Animals: Small Vacuoles
One or more.
Plants: A big Central
Vacuole
Central Vacuoles - Plants
 Made up of smaller
vacuoles
 Outside membrane:
Tonoplast
 Solution inside: Cell Sap
cell’s main source of
inorganic molecules
potassium, chloride