Cell- structure and functions...............BCDP
Cell is the basic fundamental and structural unit of life. All living organisms areade up of one or more cells. Microscope is an instrument used to see objects which are too small to be seen through our Naked eyes. Cells are highly organised and all their functions an regulated. It is not just the rate of cell division that is controlled, but also the rate of cell death. If cells are longer needed, they commit suicide by activating an intracellular death program. This process is called programmed cell death or apoptosis. Robert Hooke in 1665 observed the slices of cork under a microscope, he coined the name as cell . Anton Van Leeuwenhook invented microscope Mathias Schleiden proposed that all plants are made up of cells. Cell theory was proposed by Schleiden and Schwann. The main postulates of cell theory are: • All living organisms are composed of one or more cells. • Cell is the basic unit of structure, function...