Cell growth rate
Name: Jerry E Pinkston
How do bone cells, muscle cells, and skin cells grow at the same rate?
They don't grow at the same rate. Each type of cell in the body divides at a
different rate, depending on its function. Cells in the skin and in the inside of the
intestine divide very rapidly because they are exposed to a hostile environment and
many die. Cells such as brain cells hardly divide at all.
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Update: June 2012