Cytology

Question 1

Cytology is?

Answer 1

Scientific study of cells

Question 2

Cytology functions to?

Answer 2

• Identify different types of cells.
• Understand organization and structure
• Visualize cell both as an entity in unicellular & acellular organisms

Question 3

———– is an integral part of organs,and system in multicellular organisms

Answer 3

Cells

Question 4

Bacterial cells are typically ———–in length

Answer 4

1-5um

Question 5

Eukaryotic cells are usually ———- in length

Answer 5

10-30um

Question 6

———– microscope revealed array of microscopic life forms to humanity

Answer 6

Compound(double lens)/Light Microscope

Question 7

Discovery of cells was credited to ———–

Answer 7

Robert Hooke

Question 8

What year was the word ‘Cell’ introduced ?

Answer 8

1665

Question 9

Plant being made of cells was discovered by?

Answer 9

Mathias Schleiden

Question 10

Who proposed cell theory?

Answer 10

Theodore Schwann

Question 11

———– reported the cellular basis of animal life ,concluded cells of plants and animals had similar structures

Answer 11

Theodore Schwann 1839

Question 12

The tenets of the cell theory includes?

Answer 12

• All organisms composed of one or more cells
• Cell is the structural unit of life

Question 13

———— contributed a third tenet of the cell Theory

Answer 13

1855 Rudolf Virchow

Question 14

The third tenet of the cell theory states

Answer 14

Cells can only arise from division of pre-existing cells

Question 15

The three foundation stones of modern biology are the?

Answer 15

• Theory of Gene
• Theory of evolution
• Cell Theory

Question 16

The Three essential ideas Generated by the cell theory are?

Answer 16

•The activities of organisms dependent on the activities of cells.
•The continuity of life has a Cellular basis

Question 17

Genetic continuity includes ———– and other smaller components like ————

Answer 17

• Cells

• Genes and Chromosomes

Question 18

What is the Principle of Complementarity?

Answer 18

The relationship betweenStructure and Function

Question 19

Biochemical activities of cells are organized in a —–.way

Answer 19

Definite

Question 20

——– is the most basic property of cells

Answer 20

Life

Question 21

Studies in cytology utilize growth in ——–

Answer 21

Vitro

Question 22

Subcellular parts of cells are referring to as———;

Answer 22

Organelles

Question 23

Cellular processes that are remarkably similar in all living organisms include?

Answer 23

•Protein synthesis
•Chemical energy conservation
•Membrane construction

Question 24

Each cell organelle has a consistent composition of ———— in a predictable pattern.

Answer 24

Macromolecules

Question 25

Information encoded in ——— determine how organisms are built.

Answer 25

Genes

Question 26

Vast amount of information is then Packaged into ———–

Answer 26

A Set Chromosomes

Question 27

———- are storage lockers for information and also Blueprints for constructing cellular structures?

Answer 27

Genes

Question 28

Genes constitutes ——- functions

Answer 28

• Direction for running cellular activities
• Programme for making more genes

Question 29

What is ** Mutations**?

Answer 29

The changes that occur in the molecular structure of Genes leading to Variation among individuals

Question 30

———- forms the basics for biological evolution?

Answer 30

Mutation

Question 31

Cells reproduce by ———

Answer 31

Division