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structure they possess, your

                                               arm and leg muscles do not

                                               tear due to excessive stretching

                                               while you are playing with a
                                               ball. In shape, your blood cells
                       Cells
                       Cells
              that divide and multi-           are globular, their task being to
               that divide and multi-
            ply as seen in the picture
            ply as seen in the picture
          above then differentiate into
          above then differentiate into        transport oxygen, which is re-
         hundreds of different types of
          hundreds of different types of
             cells, a few of which are         quired by your body, by means
             cells, a few of which are
                  shown below.
                   shown below.
                                               of blood vessels. Thanks to
                                               their shape, they can easily
                           muscle tissue
                           muscle tissue
                                               flow through the blood vessels
                                               together with the oxygen they

                                               carry. Skin cells, on the other
                                               hand, are clamped together

                                               and closely arranged in a line.
                             nerve cell
                              nerve cell
                                               So your skin is impervious to
                                               microbes and water.

                                                     Likewise, all other cells

                             skin cells        too have the exactly ideal

                                               shapes that are suited to their
                                               tasks. However, it is surely not


                              blood cells      by chance that these cells ac-
                              blood cells




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