Tour of the Cell
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breadbasket4 on November 20, 2008
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9 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| Robert Hooke | first person to recognize and name cells, published book called micrographia |
| Anton von Leeuwenhoek | first person to identify microbes, father of microbiology |
| unicellular | one cell |
| multicellular | many cells |
| Prokaryote Cell | 1-10 um in diameter; over 100 species; lack cell wall; pathogenic and parasitic |
| extracellular structure | capsule layer, cell wall, plasma membrane, pili, flagellum |
| cell wall | rigid structure composed of meshwork of proteins and sugars; provide protein and shape |
| capsule layer | sticky layer of carbs that surround the cell; provides protection and adhesion |
| Plasma membrane | a porous layer composed mainly of phosphlipids; regulates the passage of molecules in/out of the cell |
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