Biology Question on Prokaryotic Cells

Question

Term plasmalemma was given by

Answer 1

Solution

The term plasma membrane was originally used by Nageli and Cramer $(1855)$ for the membranous covering of the protoplast. The same was named plasmalemma by Plowe $(1931)$ . Plasmalemma or plasma membrane was discovered by Schwann $(1838)$ . Membranes also occur inside the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells as covering of several cell organelles like nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, lysosomes, Golgi bodies, peroxisomes, etc.