Cell Theory Flashcards
He is known for the discovery of the telescope.
Galileo Galilei
Made his own microscope because of his knowledge of glass and focal lengths.
Galileo Galilei
Two lenses of Galileo Galilei’s microscope
Bi-convex
Bi-concave
The first person to see cells from the trunk of a Cork Oak
Robert Hooke
Where Robert Hooke publishes his observations. It illustrates insects, plants, etc.
Micrographia
Robert Hooke’s note with the “cells”
“A great many boxes”
He observed living cells in pond water.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
What Anton called the observed living cells
Animalcules
Father of Microbiology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Discovered Bacteria and Protozoa using gunk in his teeth.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
His own notebook— inhabitants of his own “tooth scrapings”
Anton ban Leeuwenhoek
Discovered the first (compound) microscope
Zacharias Janssen
Zoologist; believed that tissues of animals had cells
Theodore Schwann
Mylinates the axons of the peripheral nervous system
Schwann Cells
Botanist; believed that tissues of plants contained cells
Mattias Schleiden
Schwann & Schleiden’s Theory
- Cell is the unit of structure.
- Retains dual existence as a distinct entity and building block.
“Every living thing is made up of vital units, known as cells”
Rudolf Virchow
He predicted that cells come from other (pre-existing) cells
Rudolf Virchow
Discovered the Spontaneous Generation Theory
Aristotle
Cells generate spontaneously (from ‘nothing’ generation)
Spontaneous Generation Theory
Disapproved the Spontaneous Generation Theory
Louis Pasteur
Father of Modern Microbiology & Bacteriology
Louis Pasteur
“Omnis cellula e cellula”
Rudolf Virchow
Father of Modern Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Discovered Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie
Benino Reinhardt
(presently known as “Virchow’s Archives”)
The Cell Theory
- Every living organism is made up of one or more cells.
- The cell is the basic unit of structure and function.
- All cells arise from pre-existing cells.
The Cell Theory (additional)
- All cells contain hereditary information which is passed from cell to cell.
- All cells are basically the same in chemical composition.
- All energy flow of life occurs within cells.
Why is the cell theory called a theory and not a fact?
More discoveries are yet to be found
