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 The term ‘cell’ was given by 

Option: 1

Robert Hooke 


Option: 2

 Robert Brown 


Option: 3

Robert Burke 


Option: 4

Robert Grey 


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CELL: Introduction, Discovery, Size and Cell Theory -

Introduction:

  • A cell is the unit of a living thing. 
  • A living thing can be made up of one cell like a bacterium of many cells like a human. Irrespective of the number of cells, living things are referred to as organisms. 
  • Hence, the cell is the basic unit of an organism.
  • A cell can be defined as the basic structural and functional unit of life. 
  • It is called the structural unit because it forms the body/structure of the organisms. 
  • It is called the functional unit because each cell is capable of performing the essential metabolic functions.

 

Discovery of Cell:

  • In 1665, Robert Hooke first discovered the cell using his self-designed microscope. He observed the dead cells of cork of plants. He described his observation as empty cells and termed them as ‘cells’. 
  • In 1674, the documentation of live cells was made by  Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who observed bacterial cells and algal cells.

 

 

 

 

In 1665, Robert Hooke first discovered the cell using his self-designed microscope. He observed the dead cells (only cell walls) of cork of plants. He described his observation as empty cells and termed them as ‘cells’.
 

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