The CELL
Robert Hooke (1635-1703)
Cork cells
- the first person to see and name CELLS cces2013 (1665)
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The CELL
Robert Brown (1773-1858)
- Discovered and named the nucleus (1833)
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The CELL
Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881) studied plant tissues and concluded that all plants are aggregates of individual cells which are fully independent (1838) cces2013 4
The CELL
Theodore Schwann (1810-1882) studied animal tissues and concluded that all animals are aggregates of individual cells which are fully independent (1839)
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The CELL
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)
In 1858, he published Omnis cellula e cellula ("every cell originates from another existing cell like it")
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The CELL
Schwann, Schleiden and Virchow are considered the authors of the MODERN CELL THEORY
CELL is the basic structural and functional unit in any living thing cces2013 7
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water 2. Gases 3. Inorganic salts
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water Unique Properties:
a. Cohesion b. Adhesion c. Surface tension d. Capillary action e. universal solvent cces2013 f. High specific heat g. high heat of vaporization h. Forms ice with decrease in temp
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water
Unique Properties necessary for life:
a. Cohesion: water molecules stick to each other
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water
Unique Properties necessary for life:
b. Adhesion – water molecules stick to other surfaces
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The CELL: Chemical Components
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS: 1. Water
Unique Properties necessary for life:
b. Adhesion – water molecules stick to other surfaces
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The CELL: Chemical