Cancer cell — Free Biology Illustration

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Cancer cell

Diagram-style single malignant animal cell with an enlarged irregular overall shape and a distorted uneven membrane contour, appearing jagged, bumpy, or lumpy with occasional small surface protrusions. The cell is asymmetrical and swollen compared with a normal rounded body cell. It has a very large dense dark purple to purple-blue nucleus occupying much of the cell, often with dense chromatin and a prominent nucleolus, creating a high nucleus-to-cytoplasm ratio. The surrounding cytoplasm is relatively sparse to moderate, dense and disorganized, with a pale pink to mottled pink-purple appearance. Overall the cell should look crowded, bulky, distorted, and clearly abnormal, suggestive of malignant uncontrolled growth.

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