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Robert Hooke discovered the nucleus inside red blood cells in salmon.
False
Dejardin named the jelly-like substance found inside cells as sarcod.
True
Leiuwin Hooke was the first scientist to introduce the term 'plant cell' to plant organisms.
False
Schleidin stated that plant tissues are nothing but aggregations of cells.
True
In the year 1831, Robert Brown confirmed the presence of the nucleus inside every animal cell.
True
After the discovery of the light microscope, it was possible to study the fine structure of animal and plant organisms.
True
Cell is a term coined by Robert Hooke to describe the small hollow chambers he observed in cork plant under a light microscope.
True
The definition of a cell initially included a cavity containing a nucleus and surrounded by a wall.
False
Dejardin described the cell contents as a jelly-like substance named 'sarcod' in 1835.
True
Robert Brown discovered the presence of the nucleus in every animal cell in 1831.
True
$2^3 + 5 \times 3 = 23$
True
The term cell was initially defined to include both a nucleus and a surrounding wall.
False
Explore the history of cytology and the groundbreaking discoveries that revolutionized our understanding of animal and plant organisms. Learn about Robert Hooke's discovery of cells in cork plants under a light microscope in 1665-1668.
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