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How does volume describe a cell?

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The volume is how much space is inside the cell. As a cell become bigger it’s “internal volume” enlarged and the cell membrane does expand. Therefore as a cell increases in size it’s surface area to volume ratio decreases
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As a cell grows bigger its internal volume enlarges and the cell membrane expands. Unfortunately, the volume increases more rapidly than does the surface area and so the relative amount of surface area available to pass materials to a unit volume of the cell steadily decreases.

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