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How does the surface area-to-volume ratio limit cell size?

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The important point is that the surface area to the volume ratio gets smaller as the cell gets larger. Thus, if the cell grows beyond a certain limit, not enough material will be able to cross the membrane fast enough to accommodate the increased cellular volume. Hope I’ve helped ;)
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