INTRODUCTION TO CELL Flashcards
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Define cell
Cells are the fundamental structural and functional unit of life and are the basic unit of life
What is the fundamental unit of life?
Cell
What is the field of study that focuses on cells’ structures and functions?
Cell biology
Define cell biology
Study of cells in all aspects of structures and functions
Who discovered and named cells while examining cork under a microscope?
Robert Hooke
What Robert hooke discovered?
Robert Hooke discovered and named cells
How Robert Hooke discovered and named cells ?
while examining cork under a microscope
When Robert Hooke discovered and named cells while examining cork under a microscope?
1665
Who discovered free-living cells in pond water for the first time ?
Anton von Leewwenhoek
Who was Robert hooke
An English scientist
When Anton von Leewwenhoek discovered free-living cells in pond water ?
1674
Who was Anton von Leewwenhoek?
A Dutch microscopist
Who discovered sperms?
Anton von Leewwenhoek
When Anton von Leewwenhoek discovered Sperms?
1678
Who was Robert Brown?
A Scottish botanist
What Robert Brown Discover
Discovered and named the nucleus in plant cells
When Robert Brown Discover and name the nucleus in plant cell
1831
Who was J.E. Purkinje?
A Czech animal physiologist
Who coined the term “protoplasm” for the living fluid substance inside cells in 1839?
J.E. Purkinje
What J.E. purkinje discovered?
Gave the termed Protoplasm for the living fluid substance present inside the cell.
When J.E. purkinje gave the termed protoplasm?
1839
Who established that the nucleus stores and transmits hereditary information?
Haeckel
What Haeckel discovered about nucleus?
nucleus was responsible for storing and transmiting hereditary information
When Haeckel established that the nucleus stores and transmits hereditary information?
1866
