PATHOLOGY MCQ
CELL DAMAGE
Question
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All living things are made of cells.
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Cells are the basic structural and functional units of life.
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Cells form through spontaneous generation.
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All cells come from other preexisting cells.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cell theory was first proposed in 1838. Evidence obtained through additional scientific investigations resulted in the current cell theory. Which statement describes a component of the original cell theory that was removed because of the new scientific knowledge? Cells form through spontaneous generation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The classical cell theory was proposed by Theodor Schwann in 1839. There are three parts to this theory. The first part states that all organisms are made of cells. The second part states that cells are the basic units of life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cell theory, as formulated by Theodor Schwann in 1839, implied that this relationship was a specific and lawful one, i.e. that germs of a certain kind, all else being equal, would produce adult organisms of the same kind, and vice versa.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1838, Matthias Schleiden, a German botanist, concluded that all plant tissues are composed of cells and that an embryonic plant arose from a single cell. He declared that the cell is the basic building block of all plant matter. This statement of Schleiden was the first generalizations concerning cells.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1838, German scientist Matthias Schleiden concluded that all plants are made of cells. The next year Theodor Schwann, another German, concluded that all animals were also made of cells.