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Are animal cells flat

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Animal cells come in a variety of shapes, depending upon their specialized function. Epithelial cells are rather flat. Muscle cells are not flat, they are more tubular in shape. While blood cells are roundish. And so forth.

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