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The cell is the smallest known living thing on earth. the cell theory states that all organisms are composed of similar units of organization, called cells. The concept was formally articulated in 1839 by Schle﻿iden & Schwann and has remained as the foundation of modern biology. . There are between 75 and 100 trillion cells in the human body. Latin name for a cell is small room,the first person to dicover the cell was Antony van Leeuwenhoek. A group of cells with the same function grouped together makes up a tissue, tissues cone together to form organs,and different organs form a system. without cells, all life would die. It is the unit of living things though in higher organisms cells differentiate into different types specializing in different functions. If you break the cell into two or more parts each part will die.All the characteristic function of a living being is carried out by a cell.