Question

What is the significance of cell wall in plant cell?

Answer 1

Maintains the rigidity of the cell

Answer 2

The significance of cell wall in plant cell :-

• It gives a definite shape to the cell.
• It provides rigidity and strenght to the cell.
• It protects the inner cell organelles bounding the cell from outside.
• It helps in transport of material across it.
• Cell wall maintains the shape of the cell when cytoplasm shrinks away from the cell wall during plasmolysis.
• It also withstand the osmotic pressure which is developed by cell contents.