Multiple choice

Who coined the term 'cell'?

  1. Purkinje

  2. Robert Brown

  3. Robert Hooke

  4. Hugo Von Mhol

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Hooke, an English scientist, discovered a honeycomb-like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope. He only saw cell walls as this was dead tissue. He coined the term 'cell' for these individual compartments he saw.

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