Apoptosis
- Created by: Kayleigh
- Created on: 01-05-13 16:30
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- APOPTOSIS
- progammed cell death
- occurs in MULTICELLULAR (more than cell) organisms
- essential for normal growth, development and repair.
- REGULATED BY SIGNALS FROM SURROUNDING TISSUES OR SIGNALS FROM WITHIN THE CELLS
- when a broken bone mends, new bone cells are produced - more than needed - by mitosis. the extra ones are deleted by apoptosis.
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