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What a cell is, the cell theory and who built it, an overview of cells and their sizes and shapes, and the prokaryotic cell with its envelope, mesosomes, ribosomes and inclusion bodies.
The fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane and how things cross it, the plant cell wall, and the endomembrane system: endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes and vacuoles.
The organelles outside the endomembrane system: mitochondria, plastids, ribosomes, the cytoskeleton, cilia and flagella, centrosome and centrioles, microbodies, and the nucleus with its chromosomes.
You cannot see a cell with your eyes alone, but every living thing is made of them. In this course we learn who found the cell, what is inside it, and why cells are so small.