LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Kölliker contributed greatly to knowledge of the inner structure of the brain. In 1889, he reproduces the histological preparations of the father of neuroscience Ramón y Cajal and confirmed the theory of neuronism.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of Kölliker’s most important contributions was the development of cell theory. He helped to confirm the view that cells arise only from other cells and cannot be generated from non-cellular material. He also advocated the view that tissue should be studied and understood as a mass of individual cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Albert von Kolliker discovered the existence of mitochondria around 1857 while he was studying human muscle cells and he noted strange granules in them. But Carl Benda coined the word mitochondria in 1898.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mitochondria, often referred to as the “powerhouses of the cell”, were first discovered in 1857 by physiologist Albert von Kolliker, and later coined “bioblasts” (life germs) by Richard Altman in 1886. The organelles were then renamed “mitochondria” by Carl Benda twelve years later.