Cells

Cells

Structure and Functions

Cell

Cell is the basic structural unit of a organ .

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Cell is the basic _______ unit of a organ .

Discovery of the cell

• Robert Hooke in 1665 discovered the cell .

• He observed slices of cork under a microscope .

• Cork is a part of a bark of a tree .

• He noticed partitioned boxes in cork slice.

• These boxes looked like honey comb .

• He named these boxes as cell .