THE CELL THEORY

WHICH ARE THE PARTS OF THE

CELL?
Mitochondria Nucleus Electron

Golgi Body Proton Ribosome

Aorta Lysosome Nephron

Endoplasmic Reticulum Femur

Chloroplast
 OBJECTIVES:
• Explain the postulate of the cell theory
 CELL
- The simplest unit of matter that is alive.
- Fundamental unit of life.
- One of the basic organization principles of biology.
HANS AND ZACHARIAS JANSSEN (1590)

invented the 1st compound

microscope
 ROBERT HOOKE (1665)

-He coined the word

“CELL”
CELL -latin word cella-
“small room”
cellulae- the six-sided
cell of a honeycomb
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1674)

Published his observations on

tiny living organisms which he
named “ animalcules” he was
the first to observe under his
microscope the structure of
blood cell of different animals
as well as sperm cell.
 MATTHIAS SCHLEIDEN (1838)

He suggested that every

structural part of a plant
was made up of cells or the
result of cell.
THEODOR SCHWANN (1839)

He stated that animals

are composed of cells
or product of cell in
their structure.
Concluded that all
living things are made
of cell.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW (1855)

He proposed that all cells

come from other cells. He
theorizes that all forms of
disease come from changes
in normal cells.
CELL THEORY
• All living organisms are composed of one or more
cells..
• The cell is the most basic unit of life.
• All cells arise only from pre-existing cells.
 QUIZ!
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NAME THE SCIENTISTS
6.

What hot commodity did

Zacharias Jansen invent which
greatly contributed to science?
7.

What term did Hooke coin?

8-10.

What are the three parts of the cell

theory?