Cells Unit Test Flashcards
What is eukaryotic?
Has a nucleus
Prokaryotic
No nucleus
Who was Robert Hooke?
Built a compound microscope mid 1600s and looked at cork and called the structure cells
Who was Anton von Leeuwenhoek?
First to see single celled organisms in pond water, and saw cells in blood and plaque
What is the cell theory
- Cells are the basic unit of life.
- All living things are made of one or more cells.
- Cells come from other cells.
What happened from 1838-1855
Matthias schleiden :said that all plants are made of cells
Theadore schwann : said that all animals are made of cells
Rudolph virchow: all cells are created by the division of existing cells
Electron microscopes
Views details, 1000 times smaller than what can be seen with light microscope and visualize only nonliving or preserve cells and tissues
Transmission electron microscopes
Used for self structure and large proteins, specimens thinner than school toilet paper
Scanning electron microscopes
3-D images and thin slice is not required
What do all cells have and have had at some point?
All have cell membrane and at some point all have had DNA
Prokaryotes
Has no nucleus has smaller membrane, bounding, organelles, and smaller simpler than eukaryotic cells
Example : bacteria
Eukaryote
Has a nucleus, larger, and more complex than prokaryote and has dozens of structure and internal membranes and it is highly specialized
Example: animals, plants, fungus
What are organelles?
Structures in eukaryotic cells that perform important cellular functions
What is the cytoplasm?
Jelly likes substance that fills otherwise empty space in the cell
What is the nucleus?
Contains DNA
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Synthesizes lipids
Rough endoplasmic reticulum
Synthesizes proteins and has ribosomes attached to it
What is the cell wall?
Protect and structure, and it is implants and some bacteria