What would be the expected response to a skin injury if the involved tissue had lost the normal cell characteristic of contact inhibition?
A)Failure of the wound to close
B)Excessive growth of replacement tissue
C)Replacement with scar tissue rather than skin
D)Displacement of skin cells into other body tissues

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Once a normal cell is completely surrounded by other cells and its membrane is contacted directly on all surface areas with the membranes of other cells, it no longer undergoes mitosis. This characteristic is known as "contact inhibition of cell growth." The purpose of this characteristic is to prevent inappropriate tissue overgrowth.

What Would Be the Expected Response to a Skin Injury