Cell Biology

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Course Outline

  1. Cell Definition and Cell Theory
  2. Cell Organization and Genetic Material
  3. Cell Biology and Cell-Type Classification
  4. Unicellular and Multicellular Organization
  5. Classical Eukaryotic Classification
  6. Comparative Cell Sizes

Key Dates

  1. 19th centuryMatthias Schleiden showed that plants are made of cells and Theodor Schwann showed that animals are made of cells — Schleiden and Schwann, 19th century
  2. 1665Robert Hooke observed regularly spaced compartments in thin slices of cork and named them “cells”
  3. 1855Rudolf Virchow proposed that every cell comes from a pre-existing cell

1. Cell Definition and Cell Theory

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Cell : the basic structural and functional unit of life, carrying out nutrition, growth, reproduction, and responses to its environment
  • Cell theory : states that life is organized at the cellular level and that organismal functions are ultimately explained through cells

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1. Which description best defines a cell?

2. What central idea does cell theory use to explain the organization of living organisms?

3. Which statement correctly combines the main principles of cell theory?

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What is the basic structural and functional unit of life?

The cell.

What does cell theory state about the organization of life?

Life is organized at the cellular level.

According to cell theory, how are organismal functions explained?

Through cells.

What are all living organisms composed of?

One or more cells.

From what does every cell arise?

From a pre-existing cell.

Who observed compartments in cork and named them cells in 1665?

Robert Hooke

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