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Ugo [173]
3 years ago
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Aging effects all of the body's cells; and therefore, the basic building blocks of tissues. As your body ages, many tissues ____

________.
A) gain mass resulting in atrophy.
B) lose mass resulting in atrophy.
C) gain mass resulting in hypertrophy.
D) lose mass resulting in hypertrophy.
Biology
2 answers:
maksim [4K]3 years ago
5 0

The answer would be B) Lose mass resulting in atrophy

Artyom0805 [142]3 years ago
3 0
I believe the correct answer from the choices listed above is option B. Aging effects all of the body's cells; and therefore, the basic building blocks of tissues. As your body ages, many tissues lose mass resulting in atrophy. <span>Organ </span>Atrophy<span> is a decrease in the tissue mass of an organ due to either a decrease in size of individual cells (cellular </span>atrophy<span>). Hope this answers the question.</span>
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