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Cell

Basic unit of biologic organization of the human body

Protoplasm

Aqueous colloidal solution of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and inorganic salts surrounded by a limiting cell membrane

Protoplasm

All cells are composed of this

First

What is the meaning of Proto

Formed

What is the meaning of plasm

Organelles

These compounds are building blocks of structures within the protoplasm

Eukaryotic Cells

What are the human body cells called?

Prokaryotic Cells

What are cells that do not have membrane-bound organelles?

Chloroplasts

What do you call the organelle of plant cells that are special for performing photosynthesis?

Nucleus

What is the control center of the cell?

Nucleoplasm

What do you call the protoplasm inside the nucleus?

Cytoplasm

What do you call the protoplasm outside the nucleus?

Microns

What is the unit of measurement for cells?

Micrometers

What is the more common unit of measurement for cells?

10 to 100 micrometers in diameter

Cells ranges in size from ? to ?

Light Microscopes

It allows us to see general features of cells with magnifications from 10x to 1000x

Robert Hooke

Who was the first English scientist who first described cells in 1665?

1665

What year did Robert Hooke first described cells?

Cork

It is a nonliving plant tissue that comes from the bark of trees

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Who is the Dutch naturalist who also studied the cells?

Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann

Who are the two German scientists who laid the foundation of what we call today the cell theory?

Cell/Plasma Membrane

All cells are surrounded by what?

Plasmalemma

Other term for Cell/Plasma Membrane

Water loving

What does hydrophilic mean?

Repels water

What does hydrophobic mean?

Polar

What do you call the head of the phospholipid that's attracted to water?

Non-polar

What do you call the hydrophobic part of a phospholipid that has double tails?

Osmosis

It is a special kind of diffusion

Adenosine Triphosphate

What does ATP mean?