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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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