Biology chapter 1

Cell
Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life

Robert Hooke 1665 cell

Cell – Tissue – Organ – organ system – human body

Cell theory

Schleiden – 1838 – plants are made up of cells

Schwann – 1839 - animals are made up of cells

Virchow - 1855 - cells generate from old cells

Types of organisms
Unicellular Multicellular

Single cell multiple cells

Performs all functions Different cells perform

different functions

Eg- bacteria amoeba eg. humans