1406CellStructFunct课件.ppt

Cell Structure and Function Microscopes Anton Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope in the late 1600’s, which first showed that all living things are composed of cells. Also, he was the first to see microorganisms. Cell Structure In 1655, the English scientist Robert Hooke coined the term “cellulae” for the small box-like structures he saw while examining a thin slice of cork under a microscope. Cell Theory In 1838 – 1839, German scientists Schleiden and Schwann, proposed the first 2 principles of the cell theory: All organisms are composed of one or more cells. Cells are the smallest livin