CHAPTER 5:

CELL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

UNIT 4 CELLS: THE BASIC THEORY OF LIFE
SECTION 5-1: THE CELL THEORY

• Discuss in detail the discovery of the “cell” by

Robert Hooke.
• Discuss the contributions of other scientists
leading to the development of the cell theory.
• State the cell theory.

• Vocabulary: cell, cell theory

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 CELL THEORY

• development & refinement of

magnifying lenses & light
microscopes made observation &
description of microscopic
organisms & living cells possible

• many scientists contributed

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TIMELINE OF THE
CELL THEORY
• lenses used 100s of years ago as magnifiers
• 1632: Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• credit for developing 1st microscope
• observed pond water & made detailed drawings of each kind of
tiny organism living in it (1st to see bacteria & protists)
• 1665: Robert Hooke
• used microscope to look at thin slices of plant stems, wood, &
pieces of cork  coined term “cell”
• 1833: Robert Brown
• noted dark structure near center of cell (nucleus)
• 1838: Matthias Jakob Schleiden – all plants made of cells
• 1839: Theodor Schwann – all animals made of cells too
• 1855: Rudolf Virchow – cells arise from division of preexisting cells
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CELL THEORY

• The cell theory states

• All living things are composed of cells.
• Cells are the basic units of structure & function
in living things. (The cell is the basic unit of life)
• All cells come from pre-existing cells.

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 VISUALIZING CELL SIZE

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CELL THEORY REVIEW QUESTIONS

• What contributions did van Leeuwenhoek,

Hooke, Schleiden, Schwann, & Virchow make in
the development of the cell theory?

• What role did the invention of the microscope

play in the development of the cell theory?

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