Creatine Kinase Function. Creatine kinase, or CK, is a type of enzyme found within your muscles. It aids in the production of phosphocreatine, a molecule utilized by your muscles for energy. Injury to the membrane surrounding muscle cells allows CK to leak into the bloodstream.auses of Elevated Creatine Kinase. Injuries to the skeletal muscles often trigger high levels of CK-MM. These muscles are the type that most commonly comes to mind when we hear the word muscle.
Somatic Effects. Somatic effects are cell damages that pass on to succeeding cell generations. Radiation affects rates of cell division. Hastening and slowing down cell division affect embryonic tissues. Damages to cell membranes, mitochondria and cell nuclei result in abnormal cell functions, affecting their division, growth and death.
When a mutation occurs within germ cells, it is called a germline mutation. Germline mutations affect every cell in an organism and are passed on to offspring. When a mutation occurs in a somatic cell, it is called a somatic mutation. Somatic mutations only affect new cells that are created from the mutated cell and are not passed on to offspring. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.