2006-11-10 15:45:47 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Using his handcrafted microscopes he was the first to observe and describe single celled organisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules, and which we now refer to as microorganisms. He was also the first to record microscopic observations of muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries (small blood vessels).
2006-11-10 15:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by smarties 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He saw the first microorganizms with a microscope he inviented and termed the organizms animacules.
2006-11-10 16:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by txsanchito 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cells. Or more specifically, cell walls, in a thin slice of cork. He was the one who coined the term "cells" because the little "boxes" he saw reminded him of the little "cells" that monks in a monastery lived in.
2006-11-10 15:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bacteria
2006-11-10 15:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Ford Prefect 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cells
2006-11-10 17:18:10 · answer #5 · answered by akoaypilipino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bacteria?
2006-11-10 15:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋