Cellular Structure and Function

The _________ is the basic unit of structure and function

The basic unit of all living things

• Cell

• Atom

• Molecule

• Organ

Examined cork cells and first to term the cell a "cell"

• Hooke

• Schwann

• Schleiden

• Virchow

Discovered that all cells come from existing cells

• Hooke

• Schwann

• Schleiden

• Virchow

Discovered that all animals are made of cells

• Hooke

• Schwann

• Schleiden

• Virchow

Looked at plants cells and discovered all plants are made of cells

• Hooke

• Schwann

• Schleiden

• Virchow

Mark the 3 parts of the Cell Theory

• All cells come from other cells

• All cells contain a nucleus

• The cell is the basic unit of life

• All living things are made up of cells

Your cells are considered which type of cell?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

I have a nucleus, which makes me a:

• Prokaryotic cell

• Eukaryotic cell

Bacteria are considered Prokaryotic cells, which means:

• they contain a nucleus

• they lack a nucleus

• they are multicellular organisms

• all of the above