Chapters 4, 5, & 7 Flashcards
Mid 1600’s Scientist; first person to coin the term “cell”; looked at cork & the holes in the cork reminded him of monastery cells
Hooke
Late 1600’s scientist; noticed cells moving around and called them “animalcules”
Leeuwenhoek
1820’s scientist who was first to discover the cell nucleus
Brown
1830’s scientist who first realized both plants and animals have a nucleus
Schwann
Scientist who studied the nucleus and its function
Schleiden
Scientists who discovered that cells arose from preexisting cells
Virchow
Recipe to create life
Spontaneous generation
3 parts of the cell theory:
1- all organisms have at least one cell
2- the cell is the most basic unit of life
3- cells only come from pre-existing cells
2 types of microscopes:
Light & electron
microscope that shines through specimen to project the image
Light microscope
More complex microscope that shoots electrons through specimen to portray the image
Electron microscope
5 characteristics all cells have:
1 - plasma membrane 2 - DNA 3 - Cytoplasm/cytosol 4 - ribosomes 5 - cytoskeleton
Cell membrane that surrounds cell; all made up of phospholipid bilayer with proteins embedded
Plasma membrane
Area within a cell area between DNA and cell membrane
Cytoplasm
liquid in the cell that fills up the cytoplasm
Cytosol
Little dots in cell; associated with making proteins; “workbenches where proteins are made”
Ribosomes
Cell’s skeleton, helps give shape and support; holds it in place and helps move them around; made of protein fibers
Cytoskeleton
“Before nucleus”; simple; no nucleus; unicellular; small;
Prokaryotic cells
All bacteria are ___
prokaryotic
DNA lives in ___ region in a prokaryotic cell
Nucleoid region
Some prokaryotes have ____: used for movement and spins like a propellor. Some also have ___: hair like structures to help attach to other cells
Flagella; pili
Explanation of how we think eukaryotic cells arose from prokaryotic cells
Endosymbiotic theory (endosymbiosis)
2 explanations of prokaryotes turning into eukaryotes:
1 - “extra plasma membrane” that folds onto of itself and creates compartments
2 - “cell eating cell theory” most cells eat cells to kill but sometimes cells can continue to live in other cells (that gave rise to other structures such as mitochondria or chloroplast)
Most DNA is found in the ___
nucleus