Cells as units of life

Cards (17)

  • represents the basic structural and functional unit of life.
    Cells
  • All tissues & organs are composed of?
    cells
  • what is the Important unifying concept in biology?
    cells
  • All organisms are composed of how many cells?
    one or more cells
  • All tissues & organs are composed of cells.
  • STATES THAT: Cell is the basic functional unit of life
     Rene Dutrochet
  • STATES THAT: Cell come from pre-existing cells
     Rudolph Virchow
  • THEY STATE THAT: Cell theory states that all living organisms are composed of cells. (in plants and animals)
    Mattias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann
  • no nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles.
    Prokaryotic cells
  • have nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
    Eukaryotic cells
  • 2 kingdoms under prokaryotic cells
    kingdom Archaebacteria, Kingdom Eubacteria
  • 4 kingdoms under eukaryotic cells
    kingdom protista, kingdom fungi, kingdom plantae, kingdom animalia
  • The plasma membrane surrounds the cell.
  • The nucleus is the largest organelle.
  • Glycoproteins embedded in the membrane function in the transport of molecules across the membrane.
  • plasma membrane is Fluid-likeflexible
  • The nucleus is the largest organelle.