BRAINCAKECell Wall
Animal cells do not have a cell wall.
The cell wall of plant cells is made of cellulose and the cell wall of fungi is made of chitin.
Chitin is a polysaccharide similar to cellulose in chemical structure and is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature.
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Key terms in this lesson
- prokaryotic cell
- A cell with no nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, found in bacteria.
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