All of the body's nonreproductive cells,called __________,usually have 23 pairs of chromosomes and are thus called __________ cells.
A)germ cells; haploid
B)germ cells; diploid
C)somatic cells; haploid
D)somatic cells; diploid

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Somatic cells are the body's nonreproductive cells and they typically have 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes. This is called diploid because there are two sets of chromosomes. Germ cells, on the other hand, are reproductive cells (such as eggs and sperm) that have half the number of chromosomes (23 individual chromosomes), and are therefore haploid.

All of the Body's Nonreproductive Cells,called __________,Usually Have 23 Pairs