My Cell is Too Big

My Cell is Too Big

Multicellular organisms are always composed of many small cells rather than fewer large cells. As a cell’s surface area increases by the square of its linear dimension, its volume increases by the cube of its linear dimension. Which statement is true about how cellular functions would be directly affected in a cell that grew too large?

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