University:
Texas A&M University
Course:
BIOL 111 | Introductory Biology I
Academic year:

2023
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26

Pages:

1
Author:

slypery5hy

Who is Robert Hooke? Origin of cell name Robert Hooke, an English scientist in 1665, was the first person to describe cells using a microscope History What are cells? Looking at a thin slice of cork he was reminded of little rooms in a monastery so he named them cellula or small room in Latin  now called cells 3 main ideas Cell Theory The smallest living biological structure All organisms are made of one or more cells Most are microscopic Cells are the basic building blocks of life Cells Characteristics of cells Surrounded by a plasma membrane with internal structures suspended in cytoplasm. Cell Theory All cells come from existing cells Who created the cell theory? Theodore Schwann and Rudolph Virchow