It's very hard to see a cell, so you may not have a picture in your mind when you hear the word cell. Think of cells as colorful little building blocks. A child uses blocks to make dragons, pirates, and palm trees.
Cells come together, too, to construct living things.
All pirates, dragons, and palm trees in the world are made from cells. A cell is a watery body containing chemicals that hold awesome powers and information. While we may have only 200 types of cells, our bodies are made of many billion cells, each working hard. Whether in your stubby toes or little nose, your cells all carry the same information. During the 1830s, with the improvement of microscopes, scientists were able to better understand the structure and function of cells.