10.4 Flashcards
Development stage when adult organism is gradually produced
embryo
cells become specified as what they are mean’t to do in your body
Differentiation
When do cells differentiate ?
When the organism is developing
What does differentiation identify?
What a cell will do and its part for keeping you alive
In mammals, what identifies cells?
Many interacting factors in the embryo
The one cell that reproduces all other cells with specific purposes; believed to be able to do all cell functions
totipotent
When are totipotent cells created?
At the moment of fertilization
A hollow ball of cells with a cluster of cells inside known as the inner cell mass
Blastocyst
When is the Blastocyst forms?
After 4 days of development
What part of the Blastocyst starts to specialized its cells? (Inner or Outer)
Outer cells
cells that can develop into almost all of the body’s cell types
Pluripotent
What are the inner cells mass considered?
Pluripotent
The unspecialized cells from which differentiated cells develop are known as what?
Stem cells
