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Robert Hooke coined the term cell for biological organisms. While looking at slices of cork through a microscope, he noticed how similar they units making up the cork looked to monks' cells.

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Who named cells after observing cork cell walls in 1665?

Rober Hook named cells as cells.He first observed them.


Who is famous for looking at cork under a homemade microscope?

Robert Hook observed cells first. He used a simple microscope


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Robert Hooke coined the term "cell" in the mid 1600's. He named them because when he first observed the under a microscope, he was looking at a piece of cork; whose cells are rectangular and reminded him of the cells in a monastery.


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What did Hooke observe?

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Why the muscle named striated?

because the cells are arranged as striae, thus striae means the longitudinal thin appearance


The structure observed by Robert Hooke in plant cells was?

The structure observed by Robert Hooke in plant cells was a honeycomb-like structure that he named cells, which reminded him of small rooms in a monastery. This discovery led to the cell theory and revolutionized biology by establishing the fundamental unit of life.


In 1665 Robert hooke observed a thin slice of cork under a microscope and presented a drawing similar to the one shown hooke called the structres he observed?

cell walls


What did Robert Hooke name cells after?

he named it after the room Mongolians pray in because the cells look like boxes


Biologist who study the discovery of cells?

Robert Hooke - he observed that cork is made of cellsRobert Brown - discovered the nucleus of the cellJohannes Purkinje - observed the complex fluid inside the cell named it protoplasmMatthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann - cell theoryRudolf Virchow - discovered that cells increased in number by dividing and formed new cells


Who published his book 'micrographia'in which he had beautiful pictures of specimensincluding cork cells that he observed under the microsope which he made himself in 1665?

Robert Hooke. This English scientist was the one who discovered cells and named them.


What is the first observe cells?

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