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Chapter 7 vocabulary

Maci Devenport

TermDefinition
Cell the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist. He is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first microbiologist.
Robert Hooke an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money
Cell Theory the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann
Prokaryotes a group of organisms whose cells lack a membrane-bound nucleus (karyon). The organisms whose cells do have a nucleus are called ...
Eukaryotes is any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other structures (organelles) enclosed within membranes.
Eyepiece is a type of lens that is attached to a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes
Objectives A means of moving the body tube and objective towards or away from the slide, to bring the specimen into rough focus
Nosepiece knob-small, round knob on the side of the microscope used to fine-tune the focus of your specimen after using the coarse adjustment knob.
Coarse adjustment rotating disk under the stage
Fine adjustment a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
Diaphragm
Stage
Cell wall
Cell Membrane
Cellulose
Glucose
Homeostasis
Selectively permeable
Lipid
Phospholipid
Hydrophilic
Fluid Mosaic model
Amino Acids
Proteins
Organelle
Nucleus
Nucleolus
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