Test Bank for Cellular Biology- Solution Manual Fully Solved Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed)

Test Bank for Cellular Biology- Solution Manual Fully Solved Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed) cell theory - Answers idea that all living things are composed of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things, and new cells are produced from existing cells Robert Hooke - Answers first to observe "small chambers" in cork and call them cells. Anton van Leeuwenhoek - Answers Saw living cells (Animalcules) for the first time Theodore Schwann - Answers all animals are made of cells Mattias Schleiden - Answers concluded that all plants are made of cells Rudolf Virchow - Answers concluded that new cells could be produced only from the division of existing cells Cell - Answers The basic unit of structure and function in living things Tissue - Answers A group of similar cells that perform the same function. Organ - Answers A collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body organ system - Answers group of organs that work together to perform a specific function Organism - Answers a group of organ systems working together spontaneous generation - Answers Hypothesis stating that life could arise from nonliving matter. Louis Pasteur - Answers disproved spontaneous generation Organelle - Answers A tiny cell structure that carries out a specific function within the cell cell membrane - Answers A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or leave the cell. Cytoplasm - Answers A jellylike fluid inside the cell in which the organelles are suspended Cytoskeleton - Answers A network of fibers that holds the cell together, helps the cell to keep its shape, and aids in movement Ribosomes - Answers Makes proteins Golgi apparatus - Answers A system of membranes that modifies and packages proteins for export by the cell Lysosomes - Answers cell organelle filled with enzymes needed to break down certain materials in the cell Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answers makes lipids, intracellular transport Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum - Answers An endomembrane system covered with ribosomes where many proteins for transport are assembled. Mitochondria - Answers Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production Nucleus - Answers Control center of the cell Nucleolus - Answers Found inside the nucleus and produces ribosomes Prokaryote - Answers A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles Eukaryote - Answers A cell that contains a nucleus and membrane bound organelles Flagella - Answers a slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic whiplike appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc., to swim. Cilia - Answers Hairlike projections that extend from the plasma membrane and are used for locomotion cell wall - Answers A rigid layer of nonliving material that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms. Chloroplast - Answers An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs Grana - Answers stacks of thylakoids Thylakoid - Answers A flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy into chemical energy. Cristae - Answers folds in the inner membrane of mitochondria central vacuole - Answers A large vacuole that rests at the center of most plant cells and is filled with a solution that contains a high concentration of solutes. turgor pressure - Answers The pressure that water molecules exert against the cell wall Hydrophobic - Answers Having an aversion to water; tending to coalesce and form droplets in water. Mosaic Fluid Model - Answers model used to show the interactions of molecules in the cell membrane Glycolipids - Answers Membrane carbohydrates that are covalently bonded to lipids.