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What is the name of the smallest cell and largest cell?


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Cell:

All living organisms and body tissues are made up of cells, which are the smallest unit that can live on their own.

Smallest cell:

  1. Mycoplasma is the smallest cell (PPLO-Pleuro pneumonia-like organisms).
  2. Granule Cells of the Cerebellum are the smallest cells in the human body.
  3. Cerebellar granule cells are among the smallest neurons in the brain and compose the dense granular layer of the cerebellar cortex.

Largest cell:

  1. An ostrich egg cell is the largest cell.
  2. In the human body, the ovum is the largest cell.
  3. The ovum is a single cell that is discharged from either of the female reproductive organs, the ovaries.

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