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Yes - there is a limit to how big or small a cell can be.
The upper limit is mostly a factor of the surface area to volume ratio. If the volume is much larger than the surface area, especially in a unicellular organism, then substances would take far too long to travel from the outside of the cell to the centre, or from inside the cell to the outside. This would create problems with supplying the inside of the cell with oxygen and food, and with removing waste products from the cell.
The lower limit (how small a cell can be) is less easily explained. It may be that a cell must be large enough to contain the essential components it needs for life (eg. components involved in energy conversion/production). So for example, a cell could not be smaller than an oxygen or water molecule because it would need to be large enough for these to enter and be used by the cell.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe largest cell is the size of a full stop.
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∙ 14y agoNo, but there is a certain weight that a cell phone has to be
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∙ 10y agoThe largest cell in the human body is an oocyte, also called an ovum. An oocyte is about 1 millimeter in diameter.
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∙ 14y agothe size of your mom
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What are small units that can be seen under high power for a microscope?
The small unit would be cells
Are animal cells large or small?
Not as small as your penis
Why can small cells exchange substances more readily than large cells?
why can small cells exchange substances more readily than large cells?
what is the advantage of having many small cells instead of one large cell?
With smaller cells, there is a greater surface area.
The enzyme pepsin is produced in the cells of the stomach but not in the cells of the small intestine The small intestine produces a different enzyme trypsin The reason that the stomach what?
expressed in the stomach, but not in the cells of the small intestine castlelearning. lol
What is small in animal cells but large in plant cells?
Animal cells have small vacuoles, whereas plant cells have large vacuoles.
How small are cells?
very small
Why can small cells exchange substance readily than large cells?
why can small cells exchange substances more readily than large cells?
Does small animals have small cells?
No, all multicellular organisms have the same size cells.
Why are small cells better then large cells for moving materials through membranes?
small cells have a greater surface-to-volume ratio than larger cells.
Are prokaryotic cells small?
yes they are small and they have no nucleus unlike eukaryotic cells that do have a nucleus and are large.
Are all cells very small?
There are trillions of cells in the body so, they have to be extremely small to fit.
What cells are in the small intestine?
Columnar epithelial cells.
Do eagles have small cells?
yes, eagle have cells
Why can small cells exchange subtances more readily than large cells?
Small cells have higher surface area to volume ratio than larger cells.
What is the three types of small particles?
the cells,plant cells, and animal cells
What are small units that can be seen under high power for a microscope?
The small unit would be cells
