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Cell Structure & FunctionCell Structure & Function

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Basic Structure of a Cell

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek• In 1674,

Leeuwenhoek (a Dutch microscope maker), was first to view organism (living things)

• Leeuwenhoek used a simple, handheld microscope to view pond water & scrapings from his teeth

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First to View CellsFirst to View Cells• In 1665, Robert

Hooke used a microscope to examine a thin slice of cork (dead plant cells)

•What he saw looked like small boxes

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First to View CellsFirst to View Cells•Hooke is

responsible for naming cells

•Hooke called them “CELLS” because they looked like the small rooms that monks lived in called Cells

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History of Cells & the History of Cells & the Cell TheoryCell Theory

VirchowCell

Specialization

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Introduction to CellsIntroduction to CellsCells are the basic units of organisms

Basic types of cells:

Animal Cell Plant CellBacterial

Cell

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Number of CellsOrganisms may be:• Unicellular – composed of one cell• Multicellular- composed of many cells that may organize

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Prokaryotes include bacteria & lack a nucleus or membrane-bound structures called organelles

Eukaryotes include most other cells & have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles (plants, fungi, & animals)

Cells May be Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic

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ProkaryotesNucleoid region contains the DNA

•Cell membrane & cell wall

• Contain ribosomes (no membrane) to make proteins in their cytoplasm

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Eukaryotic Cell

Contain 3 basic cell structures:

•Nucleus•Cell Membrane•Cytoplasm with

organelles

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Two Main Types of Eukaryotic Cells

Plant Cell

Animal Cell

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OrganelleOrganelless

Very small size

Can only be observed under a microscope

Have specific functions

Found throughout cytoplasm

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Golgi Bodies• Stacks of Stacks of flattened flattened

sacssacs• Have a shipping side Have a shipping side

& a receiving side& a receiving side• Receive & Receive & modify modify

proteinsproteins made by ER made by ER• Transport vesiclesTransport vesicles

with modified with modified proteins pinch off proteins pinch off the endsthe ends

Transport

vesicle

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Lysosome• Contain digestive Contain digestive

enzymesenzymes• Break down food and Break down food and

worn out cell parts worn out cell parts for cells for cells

• Programmed for cell Programmed for cell death (lyse & release death (lyse & release enzymes to break enzymes to break down & recycle cell down & recycle cell parts)parts)

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Nucleolus• Cell may have Cell may have 1 1

to 3to 3 nucleoli nucleoli• Inside nucleusInside nucleus• DisappearsDisappears when when

cell dividescell divides• Makes ribosomesMakes ribosomes

that make that make proteinsproteins

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Smooth & Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

Smooth ER lacks ribosomes & makes proteins USED In the cell

Rough ER has ribosomes on its surface & makes proteins to EXPORT

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Rod shapeSite of Cellular respiration

Cell PowerhouseCell Powerhouse

Mitochondrion( mitochondria )

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Active cells like muscles have more mitochondriaBurn sugars to produce energy ATP

In Animal Cells:In Animal Cells:

Mitochondria

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Lies immediately against the cell wall in plant cells

Made of protein and phospholipids

Selectively permeable

Cell membrane

Surrounding the Surrounding the CellCell

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Living layerControls the movement of materials into and out of the cell

Selectively permeable

Cell membrane

Cell or Plasma Cell or Plasma MembraneMembrane

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Nonliving layerGives structure and shape to plant and bacterial cells

Cell wall

Cell WallCell Wall

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Jelly-like substance enclosed by cell membrane

Provides a medium for chemical reactions to take place

Cytoplasm

Cytoplasm of a Cytoplasm of a Cell Cell

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Contains organelles to carry out specific jobs

Examples: chloroplast & mitochondrion

Cytoplasm

More on More on CytoplasmCytoplasm

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Controls the normal activities of the cell

Contain the DNABounded by a nuclear membrane

Contains chromosomes

Control Organelle

Nucleus

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Each cell has fixed number of chromosomes that carry genes

Genes control cell characteristics

Nucleus

More on the More on the NucleusNucleus

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Contain the green pigment chlorophyll

Traps sunlight to make to make sugars (food)

Process called photosynthesis

Plant Cell OrganellesPlant Cell Organelles

Chloropla

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Dead layerLarge empty spaces present between cellulose fibers

Freely permeable

Cell wall

Plant CellPlant Cell

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Plant CellPlant Cell

Made of cellulose which forms very thin fibers

Strong and rigidFound in plant cells

Cell wall

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Protect and support the enclosed substances (protoplasm)

Resist entry of excess water into the cell

Give shape to the cell

Cell wall

Plant CellPlant Cell

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Have a large central vacuole

Surrounded by tonoplast

Contains cell sapSugars, proteins,

minerals, wastes, & pigments

Plant Cell OrganellesPlant Cell Organelles

Vacuole

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Different kinds of Different kinds of plant cellsplant cells

Onion Epidermal Cells

Root Hair Cell

root hair

Guard Cells

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mitochondrion

nucleus

glycogen granule

cell membrane

cytoplasm Animal cellAnimal cell

No cell wall or chloroplastStores glycogen in the cytoplasm for food energy

vacuole

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Animal Cell OrganellesAnimal Cell Organelles

•Near the nucleus•Paired structures•Help cell divide

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Different kinds of Different kinds of animal cellsanimal cells

white blood cell

red blood cell

cheek cells

sperm

nerve cell

muscle cell

Amoeba

Paramecium

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Similarities between Similarities between plant cells and animal plant cells and animal

cellscellsBoth have a cell membrane surrounding the cytoplasm

Both have a nucleus

Both contain mitochondria

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Differences between Differences between plant cells and animal plant cells and animal

cellscellsAnimal cells Plant cells

Relatively smaller in

sizeIrregular shape

No cell wall

Relatively larger in size

Regular shapeCell wall present

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Animal cells Plant cells

Vacuole small or absent

Glycogen as food storage

Nucleus at the center

Large central vacuole

Starch as food storage

Nucleus near cell wall

Differences between Plant Differences between Plant Cells and Animal CellsCells and Animal Cells