Multiple choice

Who first discovered cells?

  1. Theodor Schwann

  2. Mrs. Nagle

  3. Rudolph Virchow

  4. Robert Hook
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Hooke is credited with the first discovery of cells in 1665 while observing cork under a microscope. He coined the term cell because the structures reminded him of the small rooms, or cellulae, inhabited by monks.

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