Red Blood Cells 
 The adult human body contains 100 trillion cells 
Cellular Structure 
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 What tool do we use to observe cells? 
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Observing a Cell
Microscope History 
 Robert Hooke – English scientist; first to use the term “cell”; came from monk’s 
quarters 
 Anton von Leeuwenhook - Dutch scientist first to observe and describe 
microorganisms 
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Microscope Characteristics 
 Magnification - making image larger than it really is 
 Resolution - measure of clarity of an image 
 Good = clear crisp image 
 Poor = fuzzy image 
 Micrograph – the image produced by a microscope 
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Types of Microscopes 
 Compound Light – uses two lenses; magnify up to 1,000 times, can view live 
specimens 
 Electron Microscope – magnify up to 200,000 times 
-Used to look at cell structure or cell surfaces 
 Scanning Tunneling Microscope – able to view atoms, can view live 
specimens 
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Transmission Electron Microscope 
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 Smallest unit of life is the cell 
 Cell Theory 
- developed by 3 German scientists: Schleiden, Schwenn, and 
Virchow 
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Cell Features
3 parts of Cell Theory 
1) all living things are made of one or more cells 
2) cells are the basic unit of structure and function in organisms 
3) all cells arise from existing cells 
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Why are cells so small? 
 Smaller = more efficient 
 Small cells can exchange substances more readily 
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Surface area and cell size 
 Cell size is limited by the cell surface area 
 Cell size increases = surface-area-to-volume ratio decreases 
 When the volume of a cell increases, the surface area increase at a slower 
rate. 
 Surface area is important to cell growth because the cell may become too 
big to take in enough food and to remove enough wastes. 
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Two types of cells 
 Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic 
 Only eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles 
 Orgnaelles: structures that perform a specific function 
 All cells have the following: 
 Cell membrane, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, ribosomes 
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Chromosomes 
Cilia or 
Flagella 
Cell Membrane 
Ribosomeso 
Cytoplasm 
Cytoskeleton 
Cell Wall 
(NO NUCLEUS) 
Centrioles 
Endoplasmic Reticulum 
Golgi Complex 
Lysosomes 
Mitochondria 
Nucleus 
Peroxisomes 
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Comparing Cells
 small single celled organism that 
lacks a nucleus and other internal 
compartments (lacks membrane-bound 
organelles) 
 DNA is single, circular molecule 
Prokaryotes (bacterium) 
 cell wall determines shape due to no 
internal skeleton 
 many use flagella for locomotion 
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Examples of Prokaryotic Cells 
Blue Green Bacterium 
E.Coli Bacterium 
Salmonella 
Bacterium 
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(plants, animals, fungi, protists) 
Cell Membrane 
* encloses the contents of a cell 
* allows materials to enter and leave 
cell 
* selective permeability – allows 
certain substances to pass thru 
cell membrane 
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Eukaryotes
Cell Membrane as a Barrier 
 phospholipid – phosphate group and two fatty acids 
 Forms a lipid bilayer within a cell membrane 
 phosphate group – polar heads that interacts with H20 
 fatty acids – non-polar tails 
 lipid bilayer 
 non-polar tails form interior of membrane 
 polar head form exterior 
 membrane proteins 
 proteins and enzymes embedded in membrane 
 polar and non-polar amino acids, which allow them to remain in membrane 
 different roles played: 
 cell-surface marker 
 receptor proteins 
 transport proteins 
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Diagram of Lipid Bilayer 
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Membrane Proteins 
Lipid Bilayer 
Outside of cell 
Inside of cell 
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Diagram of Eukaryotic Cell 
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Cell Organelles: Structure that performs a specific 
function 
 Found only in Eukaryotes 
 A. The Nucleus 
 controls most functions of the cell 
 nuclear membrane/ nuclear envelope: 
double membrane around the nucleus 
that has nuclear pores 
 heredity info coded as DNA in nucleus 
as strands called chromosomes 
Identifies cell as Eukaryotic 
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Ribosome and Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) 
 B. ribosomes – where proteins are made 
 -attached to ER and others are free floating 
 C. ER – move proteins and other substances 
thru the cell, maintains homeostasis 
 rough ER – ribosomes attached 
 smooth ER – lack ribosomes; make lipids 
and breakdown toxic substances 
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D. Golgi Apparatus – flatten, 
Packing and Distributing Proteins 
membrane-bound sacs that serve as 
packaging and distributing center of 
cell(warehouse of cell) 
 Produces vesicles filled with proteins 
E. Lysosomes – contain cell’s digestive 
enzymes (Fig. 3.15 in book) 
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 harvests energy from organic 
compounds to make ATP 
 outer and inner membrane 
 have specific mitochondrial DNA; 
different from nuclear DNA 
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Mitochondria
Other Organelles 
 Cilia: short, hairlike structures that protrude from the surface of a cell 
 Packed in tight rows 
 Help in movement 
 Flagella: used for movement 
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Unique Features of Plant Cells 
1. Cell Wall – support and maintain 
cell shape (cellulose) 
2. Chloroplasts – use light energy to 
make carbs from CO2 and H20, 
photosynthesis 
-have own DNA 
3. Central Vacuole – stores water & 
nutrients; maintains rigidity of 
plant. 
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Anatomy of Animal Cell 
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Cellular System

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    Red Blood Cells  The adult human body contains 100 trillion cells Cellular Structure EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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     What tooldo we use to observe cells? EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning Observing a Cell
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    Microscope History Robert Hooke – English scientist; first to use the term “cell”; came from monk’s quarters  Anton von Leeuwenhook - Dutch scientist first to observe and describe microorganisms EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Microscope Characteristics Magnification - making image larger than it really is  Resolution - measure of clarity of an image  Good = clear crisp image  Poor = fuzzy image  Micrograph – the image produced by a microscope EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Types of Microscopes  Compound Light – uses two lenses; magnify up to 1,000 times, can view live specimens  Electron Microscope – magnify up to 200,000 times -Used to look at cell structure or cell surfaces  Scanning Tunneling Microscope – able to view atoms, can view live specimens EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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     Smallest unitof life is the cell  Cell Theory - developed by 3 German scientists: Schleiden, Schwenn, and Virchow EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning Cell Features
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    3 parts ofCell Theory 1) all living things are made of one or more cells 2) cells are the basic unit of structure and function in organisms 3) all cells arise from existing cells EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Why are cellsso small?  Smaller = more efficient  Small cells can exchange substances more readily EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Surface area andcell size  Cell size is limited by the cell surface area  Cell size increases = surface-area-to-volume ratio decreases  When the volume of a cell increases, the surface area increase at a slower rate.  Surface area is important to cell growth because the cell may become too big to take in enough food and to remove enough wastes. EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Two types ofcells  Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic  Only eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles  Orgnaelles: structures that perform a specific function  All cells have the following:  Cell membrane, cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, ribosomes EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Chromosomes Cilia or Flagella Cell Membrane Ribosomeso Cytoplasm Cytoskeleton Cell Wall (NO NUCLEUS) Centrioles Endoplasmic Reticulum Golgi Complex Lysosomes Mitochondria Nucleus Peroxisomes EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning Comparing Cells
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     small singlecelled organism that lacks a nucleus and other internal compartments (lacks membrane-bound organelles)  DNA is single, circular molecule Prokaryotes (bacterium)  cell wall determines shape due to no internal skeleton  many use flagella for locomotion EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Examples of ProkaryoticCells Blue Green Bacterium E.Coli Bacterium Salmonella Bacterium EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    (plants, animals, fungi,protists) Cell Membrane * encloses the contents of a cell * allows materials to enter and leave cell * selective permeability – allows certain substances to pass thru cell membrane EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning Eukaryotes
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    Cell Membrane asa Barrier  phospholipid – phosphate group and two fatty acids  Forms a lipid bilayer within a cell membrane  phosphate group – polar heads that interacts with H20  fatty acids – non-polar tails  lipid bilayer  non-polar tails form interior of membrane  polar head form exterior  membrane proteins  proteins and enzymes embedded in membrane  polar and non-polar amino acids, which allow them to remain in membrane  different roles played:  cell-surface marker  receptor proteins  transport proteins EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Diagram of LipidBilayer EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Diagram of EukaryoticCell EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Cell Organelles: Structurethat performs a specific function  Found only in Eukaryotes  A. The Nucleus  controls most functions of the cell  nuclear membrane/ nuclear envelope: double membrane around the nucleus that has nuclear pores  heredity info coded as DNA in nucleus as strands called chromosomes Identifies cell as Eukaryotic EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Ribosome and EndoplasmicReticulum (ER)  B. ribosomes – where proteins are made  -attached to ER and others are free floating  C. ER – move proteins and other substances thru the cell, maintains homeostasis  rough ER – ribosomes attached  smooth ER – lack ribosomes; make lipids and breakdown toxic substances EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    D. Golgi Apparatus– flatten, Packing and Distributing Proteins membrane-bound sacs that serve as packaging and distributing center of cell(warehouse of cell)  Produces vesicles filled with proteins E. Lysosomes – contain cell’s digestive enzymes (Fig. 3.15 in book) EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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     harvests energyfrom organic compounds to make ATP  outer and inner membrane  have specific mitochondrial DNA; different from nuclear DNA EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning Mitochondria
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    Other Organelles Cilia: short, hairlike structures that protrude from the surface of a cell  Packed in tight rows  Help in movement  Flagella: used for movement EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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    Unique Features ofPlant Cells 1. Cell Wall – support and maintain cell shape (cellulose) 2. Chloroplasts – use light energy to make carbs from CO2 and H20, photosynthesis -have own DNA 3. Central Vacuole – stores water & nutrients; maintains rigidity of plant. EasyShiksha.Com - A Way of Simple Learning
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