JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    The term protoplasm was coined by:

    A)  Virchow       

    B)  Purkinje

    C)  Dujardin       

    D)  Kolliker

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Protoplasm (Proto = first, plasm = fluid) is a complex, granular, elastic, viscous, colourless fluid like substance, which is selectively permeable. J. Huxley defined it as Physical basis of life. Dujardin   discovered   it   and   called, Sarcode. Purkinje renamed it as Protoplasm. R. Virchow proposed the modern cell theory or  cell doctrine stating, cells arise from pre-existing cells {Omnis cellula e cellula). 'Kolliker? first observed mitochondria in striated muscles of insects as granules, he called them, Sarcosomes.


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