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Smaller cells are easily visible under a light microscope. It's even possible to make out structures within the cell, such as the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. Light microscopes use a system of lenses to magnify an image.
Learn how cells work together in tissues, organs, and organ systems. Cells in Perspective In 1665, Robert Hooke coined the term cell to describe the structures he could see in cork with some of the first microscopes.
Visit Cell Size and Scale to learn about the size of microbes relative to human cells and other objects. The north and south arms of the lake are different colors because of the different microbes that live there.
Basic Neuroscience. Sensory Systems. Memory, Attention, & Distraction. Addiction: Genetics & the Brain.
Some living things are made of just one cell, and others are made of trillions. In fact, chemical, cell-based life is the only known life in the universe. But with only one example to look to, it’s challenging for scientists to agree on a checklist of items that define what it means to be alive.
Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms that have no nucleus and a cell wall made of peptidoglycan. Bacteria are the direct descendents of the first organisms that lived on Earth, with fossil evidence going back about 3.5 billion years.
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Stem cells. Cells in the intestinal epithelium don’t live very long. This cell type divides to make more of them. New cells migrate from the bottoms of crypts to the tips of the villi. Microvilli on these cells make the intestine 600 times more absorbent than it would be without them.
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The images in this gallery show real cells under the microscope. Do they look like cell diagrams you’ve seen? Probably not! Most cell diagrams, whether in your textbook or online, are generic. They highlight a set of overlapping features that all cells need to live.