Kajal in the first class i mentioned that schwann observed various animal cell and see the outer covering is plasma membrane and in plant cell outer covering is cell wall. So basically schwann discovered plasma membrane but cell wall is discovered by robert hooke ( first time he observed it cork cell).

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Santosh singer and nicolsan gave model means explain the structure of membrane but it was first seen/discovered by Schwann.

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Select the statements which are related to Schwann.
(i) He reported that cells have a thin outer layer which is today known as plasma membrane
(ii) Cell wall is a unique character of the plant cell.
(iii) Body of plants and animals are composed of cells and products of cells.

Q. Plasma membrane covers the cell wall in prokaryotic cells.

Q. If a plant cell is covered with the cell wall, but the plasma membrane is absent, will it affect the cell? Explain how and why?

Q. Does the outer hard covering on a hen's egg is cell wall or is it something else? We can see plasma membrane in an egg but there's an additional covering which is hard, what is this?

Q. Assertion :Cell wall is not found in animal cells. Reason: Animal cells are covered by cell membrane.

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