Question

Raul has scraped his knee and noticed that after a

week it had almost completely healed. Raul
wondered how the skin was able to repair itself while
looking exactly the same as his non-injured skin. In
3-5 sentences explain how mitosis plays a role in
healing skin after injury and is able to maintain the
look of the existing, non-injured skin. (4 points)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Mitosis plays a crucial role in the healing of skin after injury by allowing the cells in the affected area to regenerate and replace the damaged tissue. During the healing process, the cells undergo mitosis, where they divide and multiply to produce new cells. This ensures the rapid growth and repair of the injured skin. Mitosis also ensures that the newly formed skin cells have the same genetic information as the existing, non-injured cells, which helps maintain the normal appearance of the skin.