Chapter 3 Lecture Flashcards
What is the idea of spontaneous generation?
Assumed ‘life force’ came from wherever the life came from
Living things came from non living things.
Ex. Frogs came from mud
Who is Vanleewenhoek?
Credited for inventing the microscope.
only a single lens
Who was Robert Hook?
Coined the term cell
Why did cell become the name?
Because he thought the plant cells looked like jail cells
Schledien and Schwaan came up with?
When?
First statement of the cell theory in 1840
What is the first statement of cell theory?
All living things are made of cells
Rudolph Virchow did what?
Came up with second major statement on cell theory
What was Virchow’s statement?
All living things come from preexisting cells
Cells constantly interact with their surroundings to maintain?
homeostasis
What does Aqueous mean?
Watery
What is ICF?
Intracellular fluid
What is ECF?
Extracellular fluid
Fluid inside cells is referred to as?
cytosol
What is a more general term for cytosol?
ICF or ECF
What separates the ECF from the ICF
The plasma membrane
Permeability is regulated by?
The plasma membrane
What is the most abundant molecules in plasma membrane are?
phospolipids
Phospholipids are?
diglyceride
What steroid lipid is an important part of the plasma membrane?
cholesterol
Integral protein is?
A Protein that extends from one side of the membrane to the other
-most of the time involved in transport