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OpenStudy (anonymous):

5.The mammalian brain contains folds in the nervous tissue. These folds increase the ___of the brain?

OpenStudy (blues):

It helps us answer the questions if you let us know which aspect of it you don't understand, or if you post up a tentative guess.. :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

would it be surface area of the brain?

OpenStudy (blues):

Yes, I think it is. Well done! ;D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the same principle is applied in the intestine, lungs, mitochondria, ER, Golgi etc. more surface area = more places for reactions, absorbsion etc to occur, this means we use the space to its best effects

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