Which Cells, If Any, Lose Their Ability to Replicate and Divide

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which cells, if any, lose their ability to replicate and divide?

• A)None; all cells have the ability to replicate and divide.
• B)Cells of the lung and intestinal tract
• C)Cells of the skin
• D)Cells of the lens of the eye and skeletal muscle

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Definitions:

Fundamental

Serving as an essential component or basis; foundational.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation, often testable by experimentation.

Explanandum

Rephrased: The subject or occurrence that an explanation is attempting to account for in research or analysis.

Outcome

In probability theory, a single, non-compound result among a range of possible results.