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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Zacharias Janssen – first created the compound microscope Mitochondria Bean shaped Powerhouse Animal & Plant
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1600) - made a version of microscope, Vacuole Small in animal Storage Animal, Plant &
discovered bacteria, named organisms animalcules. cells Fungi
Robert Hooke (1665) - named cell from observing a piece of cork
. Chloroplast Contains Photosynthe Plant and
Mattias Jacob Schleiden (1839) - discovered plant cells. chlorophyll sis bacteria
Theodore Schwann (1839) - discovered animal cells.
(both created the 1st and 2nd postulates of cell theory) Golgi Body Small bags with Packages & Animal & Plant
tubes secretes
Rudolph Virchow (1858) - third postulate of cell theory, cells came proteins to
from pre-existing cells. ship
Schimper (1883) - used the term plastid. Plasma Membrane / Vesicles Lysosome
Frederich Mischer (1868) - saw DNA in pus
THE CELL THEORY
Benda Altmann - coined the term mitochondria 1. All organisms are made up of one or more cells.
(Schleiden/Schwann, 1838-39)
Camilo Golgi (1898) - Golgi bodies 2. The cell is the basic unit of life. (Schleiden/Schwann,
1838-39)
John Dalton (1900) - Neuron in owl 3. All cells came from pre-existing cells. (Virchow,1858)
Modern Cell Theory
Palade (1900) – ribosome 1. Cells contain hereditary info/DNA, this gets passed during
cell division
CONTROVERSY: 2. Cells are similar in terms of chemical composition and
Robert Remak - allegedly first thought of the idea of Virchow, taken metabolic activities.
without credits. 3. Basic chemical & physiological functions happen in the
cells. (movement, digestion)
PARTS OF THE CELL 4. Cell activity depends on the activity of subcellular
structures within the cell.
Organelle Description Function What type of DISTINCT SPECIFICATION OF CELL ORGANELLES
cell