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why ic cell called structural and functional unit of life

each living cell has the capacity to perform certain basic function s that are chatacterrstic of all living forms.there is a division of labour in multicellular organisms such as human being .this means thatdifferent parts of the human body perform different funtion.each cell has got certain specific components within it know as cell organelles .each kind of cell organelles performs a specific function.a cell is able to live and perform all its functions because of these organelles.these organelles together consitude the basic unit called cell

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Cells constitute various components of plants and animals. A cell is the smallest unit of life and is capable of all living functions. Cells are the building blocks of life. This is the reason why cells are referred to as the basic structural and functional units of life. All cells vary in their shape, size, and activity they perform. In fact, the shape and size of the cell is related to the specific functions they perform.

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cuzz every organism begins it's life vid a single cell called zygote.and it is the only part which gives shape to a body.so it is known as structural and functional unit of life.

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All living organism are made up of cells,so it is the structural unit.A cell is capable of doing all its function with a help of cell organelles,so it is the functional unit of life.

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In some organisms such as amoeba that are unicellular and one cell organism ,this unicellular one cell organism can perform all life processes.

Multicellular organism have many cells which can perform many functions.This is why it is called structural unit of life.

Each living cell has the capacity to perform certain basic function s that are chatacterrstic of all living forms.There is a division of labour in multicellular organisms such as human being .This means thatdifferent parts of the human body perform different funtion.Each cell has got certain specific .This is why it is called functional unit of life.

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the cell is called the structural and functional unit of all life because it is the basis to which all the major organs and tissues in the body are ...

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All living organisms are made up of cells. A single cell may constitute a whole organism as in Amoeba, Paramoecium etc. These organisms are called unicellular organisms. On the other hand, many cells group together in a single body and form various body parts in multicllular organisms such as plants and animals. Each cell performs certain basic functions that are characteristic of all living forms. Due to these reasons, a cell is called structural and functional unit of life.

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Cells constitute various components of plants and animals. A cell is the smallest unit of life and is capable of all living functions. Cells are the building blocks of life. This is the reason why cells are referred to as the basic structural and functional units of life. All cells vary in their shape, size, and activity they perform. In fact, the shape and size of the cell is related to the specific functions they perform.

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the cell is, thus, a fundamental, structural and functional unit of living organism, just as atom is the fundamental unit in chemical structure. since all the activities of an organism are present in miniature form in each and every cell, it is, therefore, called the basic unit of life.

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because an organism with bilions of  cell begin its life with a  single cell called zygote as development it divides and multiples the no. of cell

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because our body is made of several kinds of cellls and each perform specific function

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Cells constitute various components of plants and animals. A cell is the smallest unit of life and is capable of all living functions. Cells are the building blocks of life. This is the reason why cells are referred to as the basic structural and functional units of life. All cells vary in their shape, size, and activity they perform. In fact, the shape and size of the cell is related to the specific functions they perform.

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The cell is called the functional unit of life because it helps in carrying out the essential functions of a cell. And also the cell has chromosomes which have genes which carry information from 1 generation to the other

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the cell is called the structural and functional unit of all life because it is the basis to which all the major organs and tissues in the body are made up of.

a group of cells with the same function grouped together makes up a tissue, tissues cone together to form organs,and different organs form a system

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The cell is the structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of an organism that is classified as living, and is sometimes called the building block of life. Some organisms, such as most bacteria, are unicellular (consist of a single cell). Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular. (Humans have an estimated 100 trillion or 1014 cells; a typical cell size is 10 µm; a typical cell mass is 1 nanogram.) The largest known cell is an ostrich egg. In 1837 before the final cell theory was developed, a Czech Jan Evangelista Purkyně observed small "granules" while looking at the plant tissue through a microscope. The cell theory, first developed in 1839 by Matthias Jakob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann, states that all organisms are composed of one or more cells. All cells come from preexisting cells. Vital functions of an organism occur within cells, and all cells contain the hereditary information necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmitting information to the next generation of cells.

The word cell comes from the Latin cellula, meaning, a small room. The descriptive name for the smallest living biological structure was chosen by Robert Hooke in a book he published in 1665 when he compared the cork cells he saw through his microscope to the small rooms monks lived in.

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All organisms are made up of cells. Each cell is capable of performing all life performing all life processes like repiration, exercetion, reproduction, etc. This is why cell is called the basic funtional unit of life.

Each cell is accuries its structure and ability to function because of organisation of its membrane and organelles in a specific way. This is why the cell is called the basic structural unit of life.

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the cell is called the structural and functional unit of life because :

it is the basis to which all the major organs and tissues in th body are made up of.

a group of cells with the same function grouped togrther makes up a tissue. tissues cone together form organs and different organs from a system.

without cells there would be no life.

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the cell is called the structural and functional unit of all life because it is the basis to which all the major organs and tissues in the body are made up of. 

a group of cells with the same function grouped together makes up a tissue, tissues cone together to form organs,and different organs form a system. without cells, all life would die.
Also,The cell is the structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of an organism that is classified as living, and is sometimes called the building block of life. Some organisms, such as most bacteria, are unicellular (consist of a single cell). Other organisms, such as humans, are multicellular. (Humans have an estimated 100 trillion or 1014 cells; a typical cell size is 10 µm; a typical cell mass is 1 nanogram.) The largest known cell is an ostrich egg. In 1837 before the final cell theory was developed, a Czech Jan Evangelista Purkyně observed small "granules" while looking at the plant tissue through a microscope. The cell theory, first developed in 1839 by Matthias Jakob Schleiden and Theodor Schwann, states that all organisms are composed of one or more cells. All cells come from preexisting cells. Vital functions of an organism occur within cells, and all cells contain the hereditary information necessary for regulating cell functions and for transmitting information to the next generation of cells. 

The word cell comes from the Latin cellula, meaning, a small room. The descriptive name for the smallest living biological structure was chosen by Robert Hooke in a book he published in 1665 when he compared the cork cells he saw through his microscope to the small rooms monks lived in. 

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living organisms are made of cells.
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the cell is called the structural and functional unit of all life because it is the basis to which all the major organs and tissues in the body are made up of.

a group of cells with the same function grouped together makes up a tissue, tissues cone together to form organs,and different organs form a system. without cells, all life would die.

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Cell is called structural and functional unit of life because each living cell has the capacity to perform certain basis function that are characteristic of all living forms
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Cell is the structural and functional unit of life because our body's beginning is with cell.
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All the living organism are made up of cell.In unicellular organisms like amoeba,the structure is due to the structure of the single cell.in multicellular organisms like higher plants and animals ,millions of cell combine together to form the structure of an organism.thus every cell is responsible for building the structure of an organism.
All the functions of living organisms is performed by the single cell in unicellular organism .In case of multicellular organisms though functions are performed by different systems,but these functions are the result of the functions performed by each cell present in the system.
Thus we call cell  the structural and functional unit of life.
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This is because the cell is the smallest unit of our body and it gives structure to living organism and also it is responsible for function of living organism so cell is called structural and functional unit of life.
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Cells are called the structural and functional unit of life because all the living organisms are made up of cells and also all the functions taking place inside the body of organisms are performed by cells.
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As cell is the smallest unit of a body all the structural growth takes place here at first stage and each and every cell,whether as a unicellular or as multicellular organism,is capable of performing the essential functions of life.
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Cells are called the structural and functional life because all the living organisms are made up of  cells and also all the functions taking inside the body of organisms are performed by cells
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Who coined the termed "cell"and how?
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all organisms are made up of cells
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 A cell is capable of carrying out all the life functions; such as nutrition, excretion, respiration, etc. Hence a cell is called the functional unit of life. Additionally, the cell is the smallest unit of life and all the living beings are made up of cells. Hence a cell is called the structural unit of life.
 
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every organism is made up of cells.it is capable of performing all the structural and functunional processes take place inside the cell. so it is called structural and functional unit of life
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all the living organism are made up of system and organ is made up of tissue and tissue is made up of cell .  
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Every organism is made up of one or more cells. This means that the basic structural unit of all living organism is a cell.A living organism carries our most of its functions in its cells. For example, the enzymes that digest food are produced by the cells of the digestive glands. This means that the cell is also the functional unit of a living organism.
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ORGANISMS ARE MADE UP OF MANY CELLS. TO UNDERSTAND HOW CELL IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE, WE'LL TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF ANY UNICELLULAR ORGANISM, SAY AMOEBA. AN AMOEBA ORGANISM IS ABLE TO PERFORM ALL THE BASIC NECESSARY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS REPRODUCTION, EXCRETION, RESPIRATION, DIGESTION, INGESTION, etc. THUS WE CAN SAY THAT A CELL PERFORMS ALL THE NECESSARY FUNCTIONS NEEDED FOR ITS SURVIVAL. THUS A CELL IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE.

A CELL IS THE SMALLEST LIVING STRUCTURE THAT IS CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING ITSELF. THERE IS NO LIFE BELOW THE CELL.YOU CAN REFER TO THIS DIAGRAM TO UNDERSTAND BETTER:


  THUS THERE IS NO LIFE BELOW CELLS . THE ATOMS AND MOLECULES ARE NON LIVING. CELLS ARE OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES DEPENDING ON THEIR FUNCTION. THEIR SHAPE AND SIZE VARY FROM THEIR FUNCTION. THEIR SHAPE AND SIZE DO NOT DEPEND ON THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE ORGANISM THEY ARE PRESENT IN( FOR MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS).
THUS YOU CAN SAY THAT A CELL IS A STRUCTURAL UNIT OF LIFE.
THUS I HAVE EXPLAINED IN MY OWN WORDS WHY A CELL IS A STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF LIFE..HOPE IT HELPS...
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All living structure we see around us are essentially made up of numerous compartment that is microscopic unit call cell.it was discovered by Robert hooke in 1665. He told that honeycomb like structure consists of the thick wall and closing box like compartment those boxes are called cell.
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all organisms are made up of cells
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A cell is capable of carrying out all the life functions, such as nutrition, excretion, respiration, etc. Hence a cell is called the functional unit of life. The cell is the smallest unit of life and all the living beings are made up of cells. Hence a cell is called the structural unit of life. Hope u understood Thank u
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because all living organism are made up of cells 
 
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Cells are called the structural and functional unit of life because all the living organisms are made up of cells and also all the functions taking place inside the body of organisms are performed by cells.
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Body of all organisms consits of one
Cell or many cell. Therefore, cell is called the structure unit of life.
All processes associated with life such as respiration ,digestion excretion etc.
Are performed by cell. So,cell is also called as functional until of cell.
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Cell is called structural and functional unit of life because our body is the group of organ system, and organ system is the group of organs, and organs are group of tissues, and tissues are group of cells. All the functions of body is done by cell. That is why, cell is functional and structural unit of life
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All organisms are made up cells and also all the functions of the body of the organisms are done by cells.
Therefore, Cell is called the structural and functional unit of life.
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All living organisms are made up of different body organs which are made up of tissues.The tissues which are used to make organs are composed of cells.Thus All living organisms pre arise from cells.That is why cell is also known as the basic structural and functional unit of life.
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Cell is known as the structural and functional unit of life because it helps in excretion, respiration, reproduction, digestion etc. Cell is the basic structure in our body. That is why cell is known as structural and functional unit of life.
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cell is the structural unit of life as our body is made up of cells and it performs various functions like digestions and respirations so it is called the functianol unit of life
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structural- in the level of organisation,cell is the basic unit
functional-it helps in performing different funvtions.
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Cell is called structural and functional unit of life because every organism is made up of the cell and all the functions performed by an organism takes place within the cell.
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because every group of cell will make a tissue and tissue will make our body if we considered this manner then the cell is obviously the structural and functional unit of life
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Cell is called the fundamental and structural unit of life because it has biological processes which helps a human being to survive.
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Cell is known as the structural and functional unit of life because it helps in excretion, respiration, reproduction, digestion etc. Cell is the basic structure in our body. That is why cell is known as structural and functional unit of life.
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Cell is known as the structural and functional unit of life because it helps in excretion, respiration, reproduction, digestion etc. Cell is the basic structure in our body. That is why cell is known as structural and functional unit of life. 
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cell is called structural unit of life because our body need recognizable shape and it is also called functional unit because all the metabolic reactions occurs inside the cell.
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