What is the function of a vacuole in an animal cell?

Biology4Kids.com! This tutorial introduces vacuole function. Other sections include plants, animal systems, invertebrates, vertebrates, and microorganisms. read more

In animal cells, vacuoles perform mostly subordinate roles, assisting in larger processes of exocytosis and endocytosis. In most of the cases, the vacuoles present in the animal cell are smaller in size but at the same time, they are large in numbers and scattered everywhere inside the animal cell. read more

Vacuole Function in Animal Cells. In animal cells, vacuoles tend to play a lesser role. Although animal cells contain vacuoles, they do not contain large central vacuoles. The main function of vacuoles in animal cells is to isolate and remove waste products from the other organelles and the cytoplasm. read more

The function and importance of vacuoles varies greatly according to the type of cell in which they are present, having much greater prominence in the cells of plants, fungi and certain protists than those of animals and bacteria. read more