Robert Hooke
The term "cell" was initially applied to these microscopic units of life in 1665 by a British scientist by the name of?
Robert Hooke
- an English polymath active as a scientist, natural philosopher and architect.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology.
Robert Hooke
- one of the earliest scientists to study living things under a microscope.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- First person to observe human cells and bacteria.
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
- German Botanist
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
- Declared that the plant organism is made up of cells.
Theodor Schwann
- German Physiologist
Theodor Schwann
- Theorized that animals develop from cells that divided into new cells, same as plants.
Rudolf Virchow
- German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician
Rudolf Virchow
- Realized that living cells produce new cells through division
All organisms are made up of one or more cells
All life functions of organisms occur within cells
All cells come from already existing cells
Three Postulates of the Cell Theory
Cells
the basic unit of life and are composed of several organelles, each with a specific structure and function.
Major organelles
nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum
subcellular organelles
ribosomes and lysosomes.
PROKARYOTE
A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelle.
EUKARYOTE
a multicellular cell that contains a nucleus and a membrane-bound organelle.
NUCLEUS
is the control center of the cell, containing genetic material (DNA) that dictates the cell's structure and function.
nuclear envelope
a double-layered membrane
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
is a network of membrane-bound tubes and sacs that synthesizes, folds, and modifies proteins and lipids.
GOLGI APPARATUS
modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and lipids for delivery to their final destinations inside or outside the cell.
MITOCHONDRIA
the powerhouses of the cell, generating ATP, the main energy currency of the body. They also regulate cell signaling and death.
Lysosomes
are cellular organelles responsible for the breakdown of cellular waste and recycling of materials. They contain hydrolytic enzymes that can break down proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.
Ribosomes
a cellular organelle responsible for protein synthesis. Tiny dots that float freely in the cytoplasm.
CYTOPLASM
Provides turgor pressure to plant cells as fluid inside the central vacuole; site of metabolic reactions.
PEROXISOME
small, round organlles enclosed by a single membrane.
VESICLES AND VACUOLES
membrane-bound sacs that function in storage and transport.
CHLOROPLAST
plant cell organelles that convert light energy into relatively stable chemical energy via the photosynthetic process.
CENTROSOME
a structure involved in cell division.
CYTOSKELETON
made up of microtubules, actin filaments, and intermediate filaments.
FLAGELLA
a long, slender, whiplike cellular structure used generally for locomotion
CILIA
hair-like structures found on the surface of many types of cells, including some mammalian cells, especially those lining various tissues and organs
CELL WALL
the outer covering of a cell, present adjacent to the cell membrane. cell wall is present in all plant cells, fungi, bacteria, algae, and some archaea.
CELL MEMBRANE
separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment