Question

The term histology was coined by whom?
A) Malpighi
B) Bayer
C) Hertwig
D) Mayer

Answer 1

The branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of microbial tissue is called histology. In modern-day, both the study of tissue and cytology, the study of cells, is considered to come under histology. It was coined by a German scientist.

Complete answer: Mayer German a German anatomic and histologist was the first person who coined the term is ‘Histology’ in the year 1819. Histology is a branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues. During the 19th century, many fixation techniques were developed in histology such as mounting techniques, a mixture of wax and oil techniques, etc. Bayer developed aspirin in 1899. He also developed explosives and chemical weapons during World War I. Oskar Hertwig was a German embryologist and psychologist. He was the first person to recognize the fusion of sperm and ovum. He did this by observing the cells of Sea urchins under a microscope.
Marcello Malpighi was the first person who discovered the link between the arteries and veins and had also observed RBCs under the microscope. With the help of a microscope, he also discovered that invertebrates do not use lungs to breathe but they make use of small holes present on their skin called trachea to breathe.
Thus, option D is correct.

Note: The branch of histology that includes the study of microscopic identification and the study of diseased tissue is called Histopathology. Histopathology is often required in case of accurate cancer diagnosis and other diseases. The field of histology that prepares the tissue for microscopic identification is called histotechnology.