Components of the Eukaryotic Cell

A eukaryotic cell is built from a shared set of basic components -- a plasma membrane enclosing the cytoplasm, and within the cytoplasm a range of organelles, along with, in plants, fungi and some protists, an outer cell wall. The sections that follow work through each of these components in turn: the cell wall, the plasma membrane, the cytoplasm, and then the individual organelles suspended within it. …