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The Internal Structure Of A Cell

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Cells were discovered in 1665 by Robert Hooke an English Scientist. He designed his own light Compound Microscope to see structures too small to be seen with the naked eye. He first examined a piece of cork obtained from a tree and described the appearance of a honeycomb, made up of tiny boxes. He called these boxes Cells.
Cells are the basic unit of life, they are in all living organisms (Plants and Animals), and arise from the division of existing cells. Cells contain information which control their activities and are capable of independent existence as long as it has suitable conditions.
A Eukaryote Cell is any organism whose cells contain a Nucleus and structures within membranes. The Organised Nucleus with a nucleus envelope contains DNA and RNA. They have parts within the cell to make it a self-sufficient organism. Here is a diagram of an Animal and Plant cell: (Anon., 2014) (Anon., 2014)
The Internal structure of a cell is called the Ultrastructure. Within this structure you will find: Nucleolus, Mitochondrion, Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough and smooth), Cell Surface, Chloroplast, Golgi apparatus, Ribosomes, Large Vacuole containing sap, Vesicle, and Cytosol.
The main differences between Animal and Plant cells are: Plant cells have a cell Wall, Chloroplast (gives plants its greenness), and a Large Vacuole containing sap. Other than these differences the 2 ultrastructure’s are very similar.
Cells are very much like a production line, if a single process

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