How can an adult lose billions of cells from all parts of the body each day and still survive?
1 Answer
May 25, 2016
When the human body is composed of more than 30 trillion cells to lose 1 billion cells represents only 0.33% of the cells of the body.
Explanation:
When the human body is composed of more than 30 trillion cells to lose 1 billion cells represents only 0.33% of the cells of the body.
The majority of those cells lost are epithelial cells from external tissue layers of the skin or lining the digestive tract. These cells are constantly replaced by germinative layers be low the surface.
