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Cells

All living organisms are composed ______?

Robert Hooke

First described and coined cells in 1665.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

1st observed living cells

Robert Brown

Discovered the cell nucleus.

Mattias Schleiden

Stated that all plants are made up of cells.

Theodor Schwann

Stated that all living things are composed of cells.

Robert Virchow

Showed that cells are the result of the division of pre-existing cells, contradicting the spontaneous generation theory.

Omnis cellula e cellula

Latin statement that means "cells divide and form new cells".

Apoptosis

Programmed cell death.

Adelina Adato Barrion

An entomologist known as Asia's spider woman.

13241-Biyo

What is the asteriod named after Josette Talamera Biyo?

Luz Oliveros Belardo

Who was awarded a National Scientist Award in 1987.

Arturo Pineda Alvaraz

A Filipino volcanologist.

Julian Arca Banzon

A Filipino biochemist.

Rosalind Franklin

She observed DNA.

Watson and Crick

Listened to Rosalind Franklin's lectures and discovered DNA.

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Part of the cell that manufactures and packages proteins and carbohydrates.

Nucleus

Part of the cell that contains the cell's genetic material.

Nuclear Pores

Doorways between the nucleus and the cytoplasm.

Mitochondria

Power plant of the cell.

Cytoplasm

Semi-fluid, gelatin-like substance that surrounds the organelles inside the cell.

Chromosomes

Bundled form of the DNA strands.

Nuclear membrane

Separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell.

Centrioles

Part of the cell that organizes cell division.

Lysosomes

The digestive and waste disposal system of the cell.

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

Part of the cell that synthesizes lipids, phospholipids and steriods.

Golgi Apparatus

Part of the cell that modifies proteins and sends them to other parts of the cell.

Cytoskeleton

Made up of microtubules and gives support and structure to the cell.

Cell membrane

Protects the contents of the cell and is made up of lipids and proteins.

Ribosome

Contains instructions from the mRNA to synthesize proteins.

Nucleolus

Ribosome factory of the cell.

Vesicles

These store and transport substances of the cell.

Prokaryotic cell

Type of cell that is smaller and simpler.

Pilli

Used by cells for sticking to things.

Flagella

Used by cells for swimming.

Photosynthetic

What do you call prokaryotic cells that make energy from sunlight?

Disease-causing

What do you call prokaryotic cells that feed on living things?

Decomposers

What do you call prokaryotic cells that feed on dead things?

Cytosol

Fluid consisting of water, salts, and organic molecules that makes up the cytoplasm.

Cytoplasm

Location of most metabolic activity in the cell.

Organelles

Membrane bound structures that perform specific functions in the cell.

Nucleoid

Regional location of non-membrane bound circular chromosomal DNA in Prokaryotic cells.

Plasmids

Small rings of DNA that are located outside the nucleoid.