Human Anatomy
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260399820
Author: SALADIN, Kenneth
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 3, Problem 5TYC
Some human cells are incapable of mitosis (amitotic) including skeletal muscle fibers, neurons and adipocytes. Considering the mechanics of mitosis (section 2.4b) and the structure of these cell types, explain why mitosis would be difficult or impossible for them even if they had all the neces sary organelles to carry it out.
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Human Anatomy
Ch. 3.1 - Define tissue and distinguish a tissue from a cell...Ch. 3.1 - Prob. 2BYGOCh. 3.1 - Prob. 3BYGOCh. 3.1 - Prob. 4BYGOCh. 3.1 - Prob. 5BYGOCh. 3.2 - Distinguish between simple and stratified...Ch. 3.2 - Prob. 7BYGOCh. 3.2 - Prob. 8BYGOCh. 3.2 - Prob. 9BYGOCh. 3.2 - Prob. 10BYGO
Ch. 3.2 - Explain how urothelium is specifically adapted to...Ch. 3.3 - When the following tissues are injured, which do...Ch. 3.3 - Prob. 12BYGOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 13BYGOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 14BYGOCh. 3.3 - Prob. 15BYGOCh. 3.3 - Discuss the difference between dense regular and...Ch. 3.3 - Describe some similarities, differences, and...Ch. 3.3 - What are the three basic kinds of formed elements...Ch. 3.4 - Although the nuclei of a muscle fiber are pressed...Ch. 3.4 - What do nervous muscular tissue have in common?...Ch. 3.4 - What are the two basic types of cells in nervous...Ch. 3.4 - Name the three kinds of muscular tissue, describe...Ch. 3.5 - Distinguish between a simple gland and a compound...Ch. 3.5 - Prob. 23BYGOCh. 3.5 - Prob. 24BYGOCh. 3.5 - Prob. 25BYGOCh. 3.6 - What functions of a ciliated pseudostratified...Ch. 3.6 - Tissues can grow through an increase in cell size...Ch. 3.6 - Distinguish between differentiation and...Ch. 3.6 - Distinguish between regeneration and fibrosis....Ch. 3.6 - Prob. 29BYGOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.1AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.2AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.3AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.4AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.5AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.6AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1.7AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2.1AYLOCh. 3 - The location, composition, and functions of a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2.3AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2.4AYLOCh. 3 - The appearance, representative locations, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.2.6AYLOCh. 3 - Differences in structure, location, and function...Ch. 3 - The process of exfoliation and a clinical...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3.1AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.2AYLOCh. 3 - The types of connective tissue classified as...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3.4AYLOCh. 3 - The distinction between loose and dense fibrous...Ch. 3 - The appearance, representative locations, and...Ch. 3 - The appearance, representative locations, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3.8AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.9AYLOCh. 3 - The relationship of the perichondrium to...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.3.11AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.12AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.13AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.14AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.15AYLOCh. 3 - Why blood is considered a connective tissueCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.17AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3.18AYLOCh. 3 - The meaning of cell excitability, and why nervous...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.4.2AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4.3AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4.4AYLOCh. 3 - The defining characteristics of muscular tissue as...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.4.6AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4.7AYLOCh. 3 - The microscopio representative locations, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5.1AYLOCh. 3 - The distinction between exocrine and eadocrine...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5.3AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5.4AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5.5AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5.6AYLOCh. 3 - The distinctions between eccrine, apocrine, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.5.8AYLOCh. 3 - The tissue layers of a mucous membrane and of a...Ch. 3 - The nature and locations of endothelium,...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.6.1AYLOCh. 3 - The difference between differentiation and...Ch. 3 - Two ways in which the body repairs damaged...Ch. 3 - The meaning of tissue atrophy, its causes, and...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.6.5AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 3.6.6AYLOCh. 3 - Prob. 1TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 2TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 3TYRCh. 3 - A seminiferous tubule of the testis is lined with...Ch. 3 - Prob. 5TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 6TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 7TYRCh. 3 - Tendons are composed of _________ connective...Ch. 3 - The shape of the external ear is due to skeletan...Ch. 3 - The most abundant formed elements(s) of blood...Ch. 3 - Prob. 11TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 12TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 13TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 14TYRCh. 3 - Tendons and ligaments are made mainly of the...Ch. 3 - Prob. 16TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 17TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 18TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 19TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 20TYRCh. 3 - Prob. 1BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 2BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 3BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 4BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 5BYMVCh. 3 - State a meaning of each word element and give a...Ch. 3 - State a meaning of each word element and give a...Ch. 3 - State a meaning of each word element and give a...Ch. 3 - Prob. 9BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 10BYMVCh. 3 - Prob. 1WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 2WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 3WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 4WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 5WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 6WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 7WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 8WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 9WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 10WWWTSCh. 3 - Prob. 1TYCCh. 3 - Prob. 2TYCCh. 3 - Prob. 3TYCCh. 3 - Prob. 4TYCCh. 3 - Some human cells are incapable of mitosis...
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