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Cell Biology
Cell Biology
Seeing cells
Everything we know about the structure of cells
has depended on microscope.
There are two main types of microscopes:-
1. Light microscope and the
2. Electron microscope.
light microscope uses a beam of light to form the
image of an object, while the electron microscope
uses a beam of electrons to form an image.
Unit 2 – Cell Biology
Did you know?
The largest single cell in the world is an ostrich
egg – they are about 18 cm long and weigh
around 1.2 kg. Most cells are much harder to see!
Unit 2 – Cell Biology
Use at any time any place can’t magnify living cells as much as we can
dead tissue