10m 1m orm Vom 100 pm Most plant and animal cells 10 um um ES Nodeus Mesa Most bacteria + Mitochondrion 1m 100 nm eee 10am 1nm 0.1m ‘Measurements 1 centimeter (cr) 1 millimeter (mm) = 10-3 m 1 micrometer (um) = 10°3 mm = 10-6 m 1 nanometer (nm) = 10-3 wm = 10-8 m 10° meter (m) = 0.4 inch 4 Figure 6.2 The size range of cells. Most cells are between 4 and 100 pm in diameter (yellow region of chart) and are therefore visible only under a microscope. Notice that the scale along the left side ' logarithmic to accommodate the range of sizes shown, Starting at the top of the scale with 10 m and going down, each reference measurement marks a tenfold decrease in diameter or length, For a complete table of the metric system, see Appendix & :