“ |
Because the outer layer of skin is dead and is falling off continuosuly
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_skin_cells_undergoing...
|
|
It allows the organism to grow and to develop by continuously dividing and producing new cells which are all identical to each other. One of the common examples you could take is in the root tip of a plant. The cells divide continuously by mitosis and hence the roots grow in length as well as the plant.
|
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914061754AAtn...
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080914061754AAtnF98
|
|
|
2) some cells are no longer capable of undergoing mitosis and are referred to as post-mitotic cells, examples include neurons (nerve cells) and muscle ... 1. epithelium - forms skin, linings of body...
|
www.ic.arizona.edu/~bio182/protistaandsimplemetazoa_lab...
www.ic.arizona.edu/~bio182/protistaandsimplemetazoa_lab5.htm
|
|
|
“ |
When a human cell divides, its 46 chromosomes must be copied, or replicated, and each of the two new cells must receive only one copy of each chromosome. Mitosis (from the Greek mitos = thread) is the process that sorts the genetic material...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070226190...
|
|
|
Mitosis is a form of asexual reproduction. Its purpose is to create identical cells. ... Interphase - Most cells are in interphase. Some cells never divide and spend their entire lives in this phase. During interphase, cells can grow, make proteins, and undergo other life processes. If the cell is going to divide,
|
www.members.shaw.ca/cjohnston/mitosis.html
www.members.shaw.ca/cjohnston/mitosis.html
|
|
|
|
Stratum basale: As the base layer of the epidermis, cells in the stratum basale are undergoing almost constant mitosis. Also found here are ... Stratum lucidum: The translucent layer of the skin, ... Providing protection from friction or abrasion, these dead cells gradually rub off, and are continuously replaced. Since keratin is...
|
faculty.ucc.edu/biology-atsma/misc/skin.htm
faculty.ucc.edu/biology-atsma/misc/skin.htm
|
|
|
I. Section 9.1: How Prokaryotic Cells Divide ... mitosis and cytokinesis ... undergoing mitosis, will undergo mitosis too...
|
faculty.tcc.fl.edu/scma/daviesk/bsc10059.htm
|
|
Astronomy & Space ... 2. why are skin cells undergoing mitosis continuously? ... 1. Why is mitosis a form of asexual reproduction?
|
www.faq4me.net/Biology/Biology_11.htm
|
|
“ |
To continously replace what is getting damaged, there are several layers of the epidermis that continously undergo mitosis.
http://www.faq4me.net/Biology/264177.htm
|
|
