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"Cheek cells make up your cheeks. Without them, humans would be cheek-less.
That's a very "tongue-in-cheek" response (hold for applause). Your cheek cells belong to a very specific group of cells that form every component of your body. These cells are usually called the, "Mucous Membrane". Note that "mucous" (secretory and non-keratinized) does not equal "mucus" (snot). Compare the inside of your cheek (with your tongue) and the outside of your cheek (with your finger; or your tongue, if you're able!). The inside is velvety, soft, smooth and moist. The outside is dry, firm and maybe pimply (depending on your age!). There really is only one difference between these surfaces: the inside surface is missing the gene that tells it to dry-out and harden.
The technical name for the cells on your cheek (both inside and outside) is "Stratified (stacked) Squamous (flat) Epithelium (external covering cells)". There's an extra term added by the biologists to further differentiate between the two: The inside of your mouth is "non-keratinized" and the outside (your external cheek) is "Keratinized".
It's important that the inside of your mouth is non-keratinized, because within that "skin" (more properly, tissue, since "Skin" generally refers to the keratinized type) exists various glands that secrete, among other things, saliva. Saliva not only lubricates your mouth and makes it possible to swallow dry food, it also contains enzymes that begin the digestion process.
Other tissues in your body that are similar (although not identical...not entirely anyway) to your inner cheek are: Pharynx (upper throat), larynx (voice-box), esophagus (swallowing throat), trachea (breathing throat) and your gastointestinal system (your gut). There are some very specific modifications that occur within those previously mentioned organs, but the fact is: your body loves water, and it will only put these delicate, useful and moist membranes where it can protect them from drying out in the atmosphere! (Ever wondered what your lips were for?)
Cheek cells also play a role in determining the sex and chromosomal abnormality. Using cheek cells we can demonstrate Barr bodies which are inactivated or heterochromatinized or dose compensated X chromosome. Number of Barr bodies correlate with clinical conditions. Normally females have 1 barr body and males do not have any barr body. In case of Turners syndrome in females with chromosome complement 45, xo has "zero" barr body and in Klinefelters syndrome (47, xxy) seen in males has 1 barr body. In superfemales, supermales and polyploid conditions the number of bar rbodies increases.
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∙ 15y agoThe cheeks cell in the human body is to do everything shown on the out side of the cheek.For example if you are sticking in your cheek or jaw in, the cell in the cheek is working and doing the movements inside the cheek(jaw)
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∙ 13y agoThe Saliva keep the cheek cells saturated.
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∙ 15y agohelps digest food helps digest food
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