Cell Structure part 1
- Created by: Natasha Mirchandani
- Created on: 05-11-12 19:20
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- Cell Structure
- Eukaryotic cells have a similar overall structure
- each have a specific function
- contain a nucleus + many organelles
- all cells have a similar structure
- cytosol
- cell membrane
- nucleus
- organelles
- Zacharius Janseen
- 1590, he + his father built the first compound microscope
- opened the door to cell research
- dutch scientist
- 1590, he + his father built the first compound microscope
- Robert Hooke
- English scientist
- 1665 , made his own version of a compound microscope
- first person to observe cells
- called the structures 'cells' because it reminded hime of the small room monks occupy in monastries
- first person to observe cells
- Anton Van Leeuwanhoek
- 1674, made first observations of living cells
- Dutch scientist
- trying to improve the quality of microscope lenses
- with this more powerful microscope, people saw things for the first time.
- it was now clear that cells were far from 'empty rooms'
- with this more powerful microscope, people saw things for the first time.
- By 1839, scientists came to conclusion that cells the basic unit of life
- cell theory
- 1839
- surrounded by a cell membrane
- most cellular activities occur in the cytoplasm
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