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Biology
Week 10/19 review 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Robert Hooke | discovered plant cells in cork |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | first person to observe and describe single-cell organisms, bacteria, protozoa, sperm cells, and red blood cells |
| Theodore Schwann | discovered that all animal and plant tissues are made of cells, isolated the digestive enzyme pepsin, identified nerve fiber coverings , and coined the term "metabolism" |
| Mattias Schleiden | observed that the different parts of the plant organism are composed of cells or derivatives of cells. |
| Rudolph Virchow | best known as the founder of the field of cellular pathology. stressed that most of the diseases of mankind could be understood in terms of the dysfunction of cells. |