Cell Theory and Organelles Study Set

cell

Basic unit of life

Cell Theory

A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things

Micron

one millionth of a meter

Matthias Schleiden

said all plants are made of cells.

Theodor Schwann

said all animals and made of cells

Rudolf Virchow

said all cells are made from other cells

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

made the first microscope

Robert Hooke

Discovered cells

cell membrane

membrane that surrounds and and protects the cell. It regulates what enters and leaves the cell

cell wall

outside supportive layer of the plant cell

Centriole

organize the movement of chromosomes during cell division

Chloroplast

Photosynthesis takes places within the plant cells

cytoplasm

jelly like liquid which holds the organelles

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Network of membranes which transport proteins

Golgi Apparatus

Combines and repackages molecules made by the cell

lysomes

contains enzymes that recycle worn out cell parts and destroy foreign material

Mitochondria

power house of the cell

nuclear membrane

membrane that protects the nucleus

Nucleolus

Makes ribosomes

nucleus

Control center of the cell

organelle

means "tiny organs'' and means parts of the cell

plastid

stores food and pigments

ribosomes

small structure the combines proteins

Vacuole

stores water, nutrients, and waste products

vesicle

small sacs that transport materials within the cell