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3 Postulate of Cell Theory

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  1. All living things are composed of one or more cells.
  2. The basic unit of life is the cell.
  3. All cells arise from pre-existing cells.
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The fundamental concept of biology that describes the basic unit of life.

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The Cell Theory

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Provides insights into the structure, function, and origin of living organisms

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The Cell Theory

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The date which Hans and Janssen created the compound microscope

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1590’s

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Dutch spectacle makers invented the first so-called COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

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Hans and Zacharias Janssen

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What did Hans and Janssen invented?

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The Compound Microscope

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Used a compound microscope to observe cork cells

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Robert Hooke

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Date which Robert Hooke observed the cork cells or dead cells

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1665

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Robert Hooke described the microscopic structure of a cork cell which he eventually named “cellulae” that means?

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Small Rooms

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If the structure of the cork cells are called “small rooms” in english, what is the latin word ?

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Cellulae

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Date which Leeuwenhoek observed single-celled microorganisms

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1674

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Who is the Scientist that first to observed singled-celled microorganisms

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

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What is the name of a single-celled microorganism?

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Animalcules

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What are the other observation with detailed descriptionof Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek?

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Bacteria, Protozoa, and other microorganisms

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Scottish Botanist who observed a structure within the plant cells that appeared as a distinct, centrally located body

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Robert Brown

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What date did Robert Brown discovered the nucleus?

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1831

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What Latin word did Nucleus came from?

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Kernel

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What does Kernel means?

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Nucleus

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French Biologist who said that protozoans has a gelatinous fluid, a life substance called “Sarcode”

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Felix Dujardin

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Date which Felix Dujardin found the Sarcode

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1835

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Later recognized as the protoplasm or cytoplasm of the cell

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Sarcode

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Coined the term “protoplasm”

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Jan Evangelista Purkinje

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Date which Jan Evangelista Purkinje coined the term protoplasm

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1839

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Describes the contents of the cell

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Protoplasm

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Proposed that the cell is the basic unit of structure in PLANTS

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Matthias Jacob Schleiden

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When did Matthias Jacob Schleiden proposed his idea?

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1838

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When did Theodor Schwann proposed his idea?

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1839

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Proposed that the cell is the basic unit of structure in ANIMALS

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Theodor Schwann

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What are the 2 main postulates proposed by Schleiden and Schwann in 1839?

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  1. All living things are composed of one or more cells.
  2. The basic unit of life is the cell.
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The scientist who said “omnis cellula e cellula”

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Rudolph Virchow

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Omnis Cellula e cellula

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All cells arise from pre-existing cells

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When did Rudolph Virchow said his famous stateme?

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1855

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Modern Version of the Cell Theory

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  1. Energy flows occurs within cells.
  2. Hereditary information (DNA) is passed from cell to cell
  3. All Cells have the same basic chemical composition (Lipids, Carbohydrates, Nucleic Acid, Proteins)
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Discovered that heat kills germs

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Louis Pasteur

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When did Louis Pasteur discovered that heat kills bacterias?

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1862

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Walther Flemming

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Meticulous observation of the cell division (mitosis)

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When did Walther Flemming observed the cell division?

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1882

38
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He invented the first electron microscope

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Ernst Ruska

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When did Ernst Ruska invented the first electron microscope

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1931

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