Basic structure of the cell and Observation of Animal and Plant Cell Under Microscope

1.0Observation of plant cell under the microscope

• The transparent, thin and membranous onion peel piece from the concave side of onion is called epidermis. If we treat these epidermal cells with safranin and then with glycerine, then onion peel can be seen as regularly arranged linear or rectangular compartments with rigid cell walls under the microscope. Nucleus is pushed towards the periphery due to presence of a central vacuole.
• This is a method of preparing a stained temporary mount of onion peel cells.

2.0Observation of animal cell under the microscope

• If we observe the internal lining of our mouth, then we found a cheek cells. If we treat these cells with methylene blue and then with glycerine, then cheek cells can be seen as flat and polygonal in shape with distinct rounded nucleus in the middle under the microscope. Each cell is bounded by a thin cell membrane.
• This is a method of preparing a stained temporary mount of human cheek cells.

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