The discovery of the cell was possible do to the invention of the Microscope.
If there is no oxygen , the cells go through anaerobic respiration which leads tot he build of lactic acid in the muscles. This is why we get sore and feel the burn during a workout.
Wait this is highschool biology?!
Woah... thought it would be harder....
Anyways, see "micro" means really small, so small that your bare eyesight can't take it (or see it, I don't care). A microscope was meant to see things that our eyes can't. Since humans cant see microlife we use a microscope.
Mind Blown...