2007-11-11 09:14:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
coz when first seen they looked like " enclosed chambers"
2007-11-11 09:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by rudra d 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Robert Hooke named them cells because they reminded him of the cells (rooms) in a monastery.
2007-11-11 09:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
when they were first looked at the person did look looked at a subtance that had dead cell making it look like small room in latian cell means litte rooms so thats how they got there name cell in latian cellua is little room
2007-11-11 09:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Hooke named them
2007-11-11 09:18:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The word cell comes from the Latin "cellula", meaning a "small room".
2007-11-11 09:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by tiredcorpse011001 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
robert hooke first saw non living cells under his microscope that he made himself. another dead guy, leeander van pok saw the first living cells and then called them cells. from the greek word that meant living insects.
2007-11-11 09:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by littlemin5 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because they are retards and retards like cells
2015-10-22 06:48:52 · answer #7 · answered by Doug 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Robert hooke named them that.
2007-11-14 08:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by timing21 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋