PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
Question
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tiny building blocks of living things
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a place for prisoners
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a type of phone
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a kind of protein
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cells are called building blocks of life because they are basic structural and functional units of our life. In the different levels of organization in an organism, the cell acts as the basic unit. This means cells form the tissues, organs and organ systems in the different organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things. The human body is composed of trillions of cells. They provide structure for the body, take in nutrients from food, convert those nutrients into energy, and carry out specialized functions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Hooke’s discovery provided scientists with the knowledge that cells existed. However, it wasn’t until the late 1830s that several scientists realized how important Robert Hooke’s findings were. At that time, scientists observed that all plants and animals were made of cells.