{"id":7444,"date":"2019-05-22T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/cell\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:56:56","slug":"cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/cell\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In biology, the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, which exists as an independent unit of life in bacteria and protozoans, and first described by Robert Hooke<\/a> (1635-1703) in 1665 with the aid of a light microscope.  In other living organisms, they form colonies or tissues.  Each cell contains protoplasm differentiated into cytoplasm and a nucleus containing DNA.  There are two main types of cells: prokaryotic cells as in bacteria and eukaryotic cells in which the nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear membrane and the cytoplasm is divided by membranes into connected cavities and separate compartments referred to as organelles (e.g., mitochondria and Golgi organs), as indicated in the figure below.<\/p>\n

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Typical human cell<\/p>\n

See Cell theory<\/a>, Cell recognition molecules<\/a>, Chromosome<\/a>, Cilia<\/a>, Cytoplasm<\/a>, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)<\/a>, Electrolyte<\/a>, Eukaryote cell (or organism)<\/a>, Golgi apparatus (body or complex or organ)<\/a>, Histology<\/a>, Ligands<\/a>, Mitochondria<\/a>, Nucleic acid<\/a>, Nucleus (of a cell)<\/a>, Oligosaccharides<\/a>, Organelles<\/a>, Organogenesis<\/a>, Progenitor cells<\/a>, Prokaryote cell (or organism)<\/a>, Protoplasm<\/a>, Stem cells<\/p>\n

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In biology, the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, which exists as an independent unit of life in bacteria and protozoans, and first described by Robert Hooke (1635-1703) in 1665 with the aid of a light microscope.  In other living organisms, they form colonies or tissues.  Each cell contains protoplasm differentiated into cytoplasm … <\/p>\n

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