biology chp 4 Flashcards
cell
smallest unit that can carry out all activities associated with life
cells are
building blocks of complex multicellular organisms
cell theory
a unifying concept
cell size and shape are adapted to
function
blank and white blood cells change shape as they move
amoebas
rectangular epithelial cells
stack like building blocks to form sheet like tissues
first described cells in 1665 using a microscope that he had made
robert hooke
discovered bacteria, protists, blood cells, and sperm cells with small lenses that he made
antonie van leeuwenhoek
Dna is located in a
nucleoid
bacteria and archaea are
prokaryotic cells
eukaryotic cells
characterizedby lightly organized and specialized membrane enclosed organelles
cytoplasm
part of the cell outside the nucleus
cytoskeleton
allows a larger size than prokaryotes
nucleus
control center of the cell
nuclear envelope
double membrane that seperates nuclear contents from the cytoplasm