CELL ORGANELLES

1735

The studies of Robert Hooke 1665 into a plant material would allow the determination of a pore like regular structure surrounded by a wall of which he called ‘cells' this in itself unbeknownst to him, was the discovery of the fundamental unit of all living things.

In 1838 a botanist called Schleiden derived the theory ‘The basic unit of structure and function of all living organisms is the cell.' Over 150 years later this can be regarded as one of the most familiar and important facts within the biological fields.

Drawing of cork cells published by Robert Hooke 1665

The Cell itself and use of Cytology:

The cell can be thought of as a bag in which the chemistry of life is allowed to occur, partially separated from the environment outside the cell, it exists within all living organisms as its basic structure.