INTRODUCTION TO THE CELL pp. 69-78
LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
HISTORY Hooke: observed cork
Leeuwenhoek: first to observe living cells
CELL THEORY All living things composed of cells. Cells are basic units of structure and function. Cells come from pre-existing cells
BASIC PARTS OF A CELL Cell membrane Genetic material (DNA) Ribosomes: make proteins Cytoplasm: surrounds the cell’s organelles
Cell Membrane: - Selectively permeable: controls what comes into and out of the cell - Made of phospholipids that form a lipid bilayer
Cell membrane has proteins peripheral: attached to the surface integral: embedded in the bilayer
Fluid mosaic model: cell membrane behaves more like a fluid than solid
Prokaryotic cells - Unicellular organisms - Oldest living type of cell