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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Parent topics

• Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge about the physical world derived from the activities of observation and experimentation. [e]
• Biology [r]: The science of life. [e]
• Cell biology [r]: The study of the components of cells and their interactions. [e]
• Life [r]: A dynamic system with homeostasis, compositionality, metabolism, growth, adaptation, irritability and reproduction [e]

Subtopics

• Cell differentiation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cell division [r]: The process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells. [e]
• Cell membrane [r]: The outer surface of a cell which encloses its contents. [e]
• Cell migration [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cell nucleus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cell signalling [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chloroplast [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cytoskeleton [r]: The mechanical scaffold, made up of fibrous proteins, determining the shape of a cell. [e]
• Golgi apparatus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ion channel [r]: Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for channel gating can be a membrane potential, drug, transmitter, cytoplasmic messenger, or a mechanical deformation (U.S. National Library of Medicine). [e]
• Mitochondrium [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Organelle [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Resting potential [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Synapse [r]: Contact point between neurons and other cells, crucial for nerve signalling [e]

Other related topics

• Biochemistry [r]: The chemistry of living things; a field of both biology and chemistry. [e]
• Endosymbiotic theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Immune system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Microbiology [r]: The study of microorganisms (overlapping with areas of bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology). [e]
• Microscope [r]: An instrument that magnifies small objects such that they become observable by humans. [e]
• Molecular biology [r]: The study of molecular interactions within cells. [e]
• Origin of life [r]: How did self-replicating biochemistry and cells arise from the prebiotic world approximately four billion years ago? Aka abiogenesis. [e]
• Tissue [r]: Add brief definition or description