My distinguished shelf by Joseph Richards https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t Made with a wish on a star en-us 2017-12-01 16:29:26 UTC 2026-03-12 01:56:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Yes! j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212337183 -Cells have metabolic enzymes that break down proteins, fats and sugars into energy packets that can be used to build and regulate the cells.]]> 2017-12-01 16:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212337183 -Most (but not all) of them do, especially the ones that make up your skin, your hair and the lining of your gut. They undergo cell division (a process called mitosis). j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212337846 2017-12-01 16:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212337846 -No! After a cells "death," it structurally breaks down. j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212338523 2017-12-01 16:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212338523 -Cells have to be living in order to perform functions; dead muscle cells don't contract, dead nerve cells don't carry information, dead red blood cells don't carry oxygen (and you know this if you're faint, short of breath, etc,) etc. Cells involved in digestion may be less obvious, but generally speaking, if your cells aren't living, then they don't function, and pretty soon the rest of you won't be living either. j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212339429 2017-12-01 16:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212339429 -We know that our bodies are made up of cells, yet we always lose them by scrapping our skin etc. If they weren't alive, they wouldn't reproduce and we would essentially run out! j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212340003 2017-12-01 16:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212340003 -The membranes break apart and disinagrate. j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212340431 2017-12-01 16:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212340431 Do cells have jobs? j_richards_professional https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212344307 -Yes, many different cells take care of many different things in the human body!]]> 2017-12-01 16:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/j_richards_professional/heodtct1y02t/wish/212344307