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Cell
Smallest structural and functional unit of an _____________________.
Usually _____________________
Contains cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane
Two main types of cells:
1. __________________________________ (no nucleus)
Robert Hooke
Observed bark of ___________ trees under a microscope
Thought the objects looked liked individual ______________ in a monastery,
which were called _______________
Called his discovery ______________
Did not know their true function
Mathias Schleiden
Concluded all ____________________________are composed of cells
Declared that the cell is the ____________________________of all plant matter.
Sensed the importance of the nucleus of a cell
Date_____________
Theodor Schwann
Concluded that all __________________ tissues are composed of cells, too.
Collaborated with Schleiden to form a new theory in biology
Date_____________
Cell Theory
Schleiden and Schwanns ideas became known as the cell theory.
1. ____________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________
This theory was as important to biology as the atomic theory was to chemistry.
Rudolph Virchow
Proposed that all cells result from the division of
____________________________________________________________________________
This idea became a key piece of the ________________________________________
Date____________
Cell Theory Modified
Functions of Cells
Metabolism- ____________________ reactions inside the cell