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Skin cells(1 point)
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become senescent quickly.
become senescent quickly.

have terminally differentiated.
have terminally differentiated.

become quiescent quickly.
become quiescent quickly.

are stem cells.
are stem cells.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Which statement is most accurate depends on which skin cells you mean:

- The basal layer of the epidermis contains proliferating stem cells (and transit‑amplifying cells) that continuously divide — so it’s correct that skin contains stem cells and is a labile tissue.
- As those cells migrate outward they terminally differentiate into keratinocytes and eventually are shed — so the superficial skin cells are terminally differentiated.
- Skin cells are not generally quiescent (they actively divide in the basal layer) and they do not “become senescent quickly.”

If you must pick one choice for "skin cells" in a single‑best‑answer question about the epidermis as a whole, the best general answer is that skin contains stem cells in the basal layer (i.e., “are stem cells” is true for the basal population). If the question refers specifically to the outermost cells, “have terminally differentiated” would be correct.