Explain the statement: "Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things."

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Mylie Mcdowell

13 October, 10:34

Explain the statement: "Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things."

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Ronan Osborne · Answer 1

1. All living things are composed of cells

2. Cells are the basic units of structure and function in living things.

3. All cells are produced from other cells.

Maximus Carson · Answer 2

To put it another way:

All living things are made up of cells.

If we go "higher", less basic, then we have things like organs - but different living things have different organs, and some living things have NO organs (for example: single-celled animals).

So:

- we can't say that all living things are made of bodies

- we can't say that all living things are made of organs

- but we CAN say that all living things are made of cells

So: a "cell" is the largest, most complex basic unit of living organisms. That is: a cell is the largest structure that ALL living things are made of. There are smaller structures that living things are made of - atoms, for example - but the cell is the largest, most complex structure that is basic (a sort of "building block") for * all * living things.