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DEFINITION
- basic structural and functional unit of all
organisms
- a small compartment bounded by a semi-
permeable membrane filled with
concentrated aqueous solution of
chemicals and non-living products of
its activities that is able to carry on
independently all the basic life functions
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4. Cell acquires and utilizes energy.
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5. Cell engages in metabolism.
Dynamic, mechanical
changes are carried
out by the cell:
transport of materials
from place to place,
assembly and
disassembly of
structures or the cell
itself moves from one
site to another.
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7. Cell senses and responds to changes in the
environment.
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8. Cell is capable of self-regulation.
The complex system of cells require that
they put proper order and organization
to all the materials that make up their
structure and, to all their mechanical
and metabolic activities especially in the
acquisition of energy to sustain
themselves and to reproduce.
The requirement is satisfied by
constant regulation. The importance of
regulation is greatly magnified by its
breakdown. The cell may lose many of
its important functions or becomes
aberrant that it is transformed into an
uncontrolled cell as in the case of cancer
cells.
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