Introduction to Cell Structure

Introduction to Cell Structure

This text provides a brief introduction to studying cells; prokaryotic cells; eukaryotic cells; the endomembrane system & proteins; cytoskeleton and connections between cells; and cellular activities. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.

Topics

  • electron microscope
  • eukaryote
  • cell structure
  • cellular activity
  • desmosome
  • extracellular matrix
  • gap junction
  • plasmodesma
  • plasmodesmata
  • tight junction
  • Anthony von Leeuwenhoek
  • cardiologist
  • cell size
  • cell theory
  • central vacuole
  • centrosome
  • chlorophyll
  • chloroplast
  • chromosome
  • cilia
  • cilium
  • cytoplasm
  • cytoskeleton
  • cytosol
  • cytotechnologist
  • endomembrane system
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • endosymbiosis
  • eukaryotic cell
  • flagella
  • flagellum
  • geneticist
  • Golgi apparatus
  • intermediate filament
  • light microscope
  • lysosome
  • Matthias Schleiden
  • microbiologist
  • microfilament
  • microtubule
  • nuclear envelope
  • nucleoid
  • nucleolus
  • nucleoplasm
  • peroxisome
  • phospholipid bilayer
  • prokaryotic cell
  • RER
  • ribosome
  • Robert Hooke
  • rough endoplasmic reticulum
  • single-cell organism
  • smooth endoplasmic reticulum
  • Theodor Schwann
  • unicellular
  • unified cell theory
  • vacuole
  • vesicle
  • organelle
  • nucleus
  • mitochondria
  • protein
  • microscopy
  • chromatin
  • plasma membrane
  • ER
  • SER
  • cell wall
  • plant cell
  • prokaryote
  • animal cell