Select a structure
Diagram or keyboard controlsChoose a labelled region to inspect its function and exam focus.
Live measurements
- Labelled structures
- 3.00
- Specimen diameter
- 30.0 µm
- Calculated image size
- 6.00 mm
- Structure selected
- 0.00
BiologyGCSE8 minBeta
Cell Structure & Microscopy Explorer
Compare animal, plant and bacterial cells, inspect exam-relevant structures and connect specimen size to image size and magnification.
Model presets
Reviewed starting statesCurriculum map
- AQA GCSE Biology
Cell Biology → Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells - Edexcel GCSE Biology
Key Concepts in Biology → Cell structure and microscopy
Model boundaries
- Cell shapes and organelle positions are schematic rather than microscope photographs.
- Representative diameters are used to practise orders of magnitude and magnification calculations.
- Not every specialised cell contains every structure shown for its broad cell type.
StudyVector-authored comparative cell model using GCSE microscopy relationships and reviewed cell-structure descriptions; mapped to the curriculum topics shown below.
Accessible text description
A large schematic switches between an animal cell, a rectangular plant cell and a rod-shaped bacterial cell. Selectable markers identify exam-relevant structures and equivalent keyboard buttons repeat every choice below the diagram. A microscopy readout states the representative specimen diameter, selected magnification and calculated image size in millimetres.