What is a Cell

genetic information

Bacteria contain ________ in the form of DNA but it is not confined within a sac called a nucleus.

Cells

________ also contain an elaborate transport network of filaments and fibres (the cytoskeleton) and a liquid (cytosol)

Robert Hooke

________ suggested the name ‘ cell in 1665, from the Latin cella meaning storeroom or chamber, after using a very early microscope to look at a piece of cork.

bacteria chemical reactions

In ________ take place almost anywhere within the cell.

animal cells

Plant and ________ have many features in common but plant cells also have a distinct rigid cell wall.

Nerve cells

________ can be very long, extending for example in humans from the base of the spine to the foot.

specialisation of cells

The ________ depends almost always on the exaggeration of properties common to cells.