Question

Help this is due today! Four students were discussing muscle. They each had a different idea about whether muscles are alive.

This is what they said. Who do you agree with most?


Akhim: I think muscles are living because they are made up of cells.

Millie: I think muscles are living because they are inside of our bodies.

Bao: I think muscles are nonliving because their cells do not reproduce.

Tony: I think muscles are nonliving because they do not exist as singlecelled organisms.

Explain why you agree with that person.

Answer 1

Hi there! The answer is Akhim is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Muscles are living tissue made up of cells. The definition of a living organism can be defined by six characteristics (responsiveness to the environment, growth and change, ability to reproduce, have a metabolism and breathe, maintain homeostasis, passing traits onto offspring) all of which are exhibited by the cells in a muscle.