Lesson 3: Cells (Incomplete) Flashcards
Microscopic structures, the smallest unit of life that can function independently
Cell
First person to see cells, viewed them through a crude lens in late seventeenth century
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke initiated a new field of science
Cell Biology
They used their observations of many different plant and animal cells to formulate the cell theory, What Year?
German Biologists Mathias J. Schleiden and Theodor Schwann (1839)
He added that all cells come from preexisting cells
Rudolf Virchow
Ideal for generating true-color views of living and preserved cells
Light Microscope
Uses two or more lenses to focus visible light through a specimen and can magnify up to 1600 times
Compound Microscope
Enhances resolution by focusing light through a lens to the object
Confocal Microscope
Sends a beam of electrons through a very thin slice of specimen
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Scans beam of electrons over a metal coated, three dimensional specimen, lower resolution then TEM
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Builds proteins
Ribosomes
The interface between the cell and the outside environment
Cell Membrane
Fluid portion included in the Cytoplasm
Cytosol
Specialized compartments of complex cell
Organelles
Studied key molecules in many cell types and in what year?
Carl Woese (1977)
Area where DNA occurs
Nucleoid
Consists of a phosphate group, glycerol, and two fatty acids
Phospholipid