The increase in the number of adipocytes in the body during growth spurts is known as
a. mutation.
b. maturation.
c. hyperplasia.
d. hypertrophy.
C
The increase in number of adipocytes is known as hyperplasia. Hypertrophy refers to an increase in cell size. Mutation describes changes that occur in cells, for example in cancer or genetic de-fects. Maturation describes a time-related process.
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