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How do our bodies dispose of dead internal cells?

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Our cells have two main ways of dying: apoptosis and necrosis. The most common way for a cell to die is by a process called apoptosis. Apoptosis is a cell death process triggered by the cell via complex cascades in response to a stimulus. read more

In reply to your question; any cell that dies in our body is handled by the immune system. The immune system then responds differently, depending on what caused the cell to die. If the cell died peacefully, its contents will be recycled. read more

Some organs produce new cells, others use cells to perform their jobs, and eventually certain scavenger cells arrive to remove dead cells from the system. In the case of the human body, these scavengers are specialized white blood cells called macrophages. read more

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