Cell theory Flashcards
Who discovered cells
Robert Hooke, he looked through at his microscope discovered them and coined the name too.
What are cells
They are the most basic unit of life
What invention lead to the discovery of cells
Microscopes
Who first saw organisms under a microscope from pond water and called them animalcules
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Who stated “All living plants are made of cells”
Matthias Schleiden
Who stated “All living animals are made of cells”
Theodore Schwann
Who made the two tenets of cell theory “Cells are the basic unit of life” and that “All organisms are made of one or more cell” and that
Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann
Who found the third tenet of cell theory that all cells come from preexisting cells.
Rudolf Virchow
What are the three tenets of cell theory
- Cells are the basic unit of life
- All organisms are made of one or more cell
- All existing cells come from preexisting cells
