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I heard skeletal muscle cells don't divide. Does that mean that people with long term anorexia or people who experienced long term starvation would have permanent muscle loss?
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∙ 13y ago
Skeletal muscles cells can divide, but not nearly like what skin or other organ cells can. Mostly, muscle cells can expand ("building" muscle). With anorexia, muscles often become thin, wiry, and lean. They can easily "re-bulk" up, though, if the person resumes eating normally. In very extreme cases of anorexia, though, a person has no energy or fat cells left in their body. In these rare instances, the body will begin to metabolize what is left of the thin muscles cells in order to obtain enough energy to survive. In this case, many of those muscle cells can never re-grow again once they have been metabolized by the body.
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What is the skeletal muscle loss experienced by the aging population?
Sarcopenia
Are anorexia nervosa conditions related only to the digestive system?
Anorexia can affect the digestive system. But it often affetcs the internal organs (especially the heart), the nervous system, and the skeletal system, too.
Are skeletal systems permanent or replaced?
som states have more pepole
Name of the two major types of skeletal tissue?
there are two types of permanent tissues 1.simple permanent tissues 2.complex permanent tissues simple permanent tissues are made up of only one kind of tissue. eg.parenchyma,sclerenchyma and collenchyma compex permanent tissues is a group of tissues eg. xylem and phloem in stem
Why do people who suffer from anorexia think not eating is better than going on a diet?
Going on a diet has nothing to do with it. Anorexia is an emotional/mental illness. People afflicted with it see themselves as fat - even if they look skeletal to the rest of us, their mirror tells them they are fat. It's a terrible illness, and not easy to treat.
Does skeletal is positive connotation?
Not usually-- but keep in mind that the word "skeletal" is a word from the study of anatomy. It refers to the skeleton (our bones), and in that use, it has no connotation-- neither positive nor negative. But in slang and in casual language, "skeletal" refers to being too thin, as if you are starving yourself intentionally (a condition called "anorexia"). You would therefore say it has a negative connotation, because who wants to look like they are starving? Here's the usage: That actress thinks she looks stylish, but I am worried about her because to me, she looks skeletal.
how was the food at concentration camp Auschwitz?
Inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp were fed almost nothing, and suffered from extreme starvation. When the camp was liberated in 1945, the skeletal appearance if the surviving inmates was profoundly horrifying.
Can you tell if someone is anorexic just by looking at them?
Sometimes at the beginning of anorexia it's difficult to tell, but as the person gets further into anorexia they begin to look drawn in the face, their collar bones stick out, ribs show, they have no bodily curves and they have a skeletal appearance. Some people are genetically thin, so don't judge a very slim person under the heading of "anorexia." Thyroid problems can contribute to someone being very thin or, someone being on the heavy side. Marcy
What muscle tissue is multinucleated?
skeletal muscles
Type of muscle that is voluntary and striated?
SKELETAL (:
What type of muscle is controlled by conscious thought?
Skeletal muscles are the only type of muscle in the body under conscious control.
What body systems would be affected by degeneration or cartilage in joints?
Cartilage is from the skeletal system.
