A. Nothing happens
B. The cell undergoes meiosis, in order to produce 4 new cells.
C. A nearby cell is signalled (told) to divide in order to fill the empty space where the now dead cell used to be.
D. None of the above
2007-10-12 07:55:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I haven't gone that far into biology but I do know that A and B are not possible. Something must happen, my first thought was that white blood cells would eventually destroy the cell and make room for cells to divide and only your reprodctive agents undergo meiosis such as your sperm or egg cells. So you're left with C and D and I'm leaning towards D but I'm not 100% sure.
2007-10-12 08:00:24 · answer #1 · answered by I want my *old* MTV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C is the only answer that could be deemed correct out of four.
However, if the question is what happens to the skin (epidermal) cells when they die, then the answer is that they get charatinized and get sloughed off gradually when we take bath or when the cloth that we wear comes in contact with them.
2007-10-12 15:11:40 · answer #2 · answered by BP-LO 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C. It's just replaced by a new cell. Any more would lead to a tumor which is probably cancer(cells out of control). Does that help?
2007-10-12 15:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Irish 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋