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When too many cells crowd an epithelium, what removes the excess?
ACell fusion
BRapid mitosis
CTissue necrosis
DCell extrusion
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Cell extrusion
Crowding triggers epithelial cell extrusion, which squeezes the surplus cells out.
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