Question

If a chemical that interrupts cell division is added to a culture of human liver tissue, which process would stop?

Answer 1

The process that would stop is the mitosis. This is because the type of cell division that takes place in the human liver tissue is mitosis. The process of mitosis involves cell division in which a parent cell divides into two diploid daughter cells that have the same genetic composition as the parent cells.

Answer 2

Out of the following given choices;

(1) meiosis

(2) mitosis

(3) breakdown of glucose

(4) diffusion of nutrients

The answer is (2) mitosis. Meiosis only happens in the ovary or testis where gametes are formed. In the liver, mitosis would be required to replace dead cells (in tissue homeostasis). The mammalian liver is one of the most regenerative tissues in the body, capable of fully recovering mass and function from a variety of injuries.