1.1 - Division and differentiation of human cells Flashcards

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Grows and divided in an unregulated way to produce a tumour.

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Cancer cell

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Tissue that supports, connects or separates other body tissues.

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Connective tissue

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3
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Changes to cells that allow them to specialise for different functions.

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Differentiation

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4
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Refers to a cell having two sets of chromosomes.

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Diploid

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5
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Stem cells from embryos that can divide and become any type of cell.

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Embryonic stem cells

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6
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Tissue that lines tubes and surfaces within the body.

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Epithelial tissue

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7
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Issue affecting human attitudes and decisions regarding various choices.

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Ethical issue

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Cell that can give rise to gametes.

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Germline cells

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Describes a cell having one set of chromosomes. (e.g. gametes)

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Haploid

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10
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Type of white blood cell involved in a specific immune response.

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Lymphocyte

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11
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Type of cell division resulting in four haploid gametes.

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Meiosis

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12
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Division of the nucleus of somatic or germline cells, giving two diploid daughter cells.

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Mitosis

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13
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Stem cell that has the potential to make almost all cell types found within a particular tissue.

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Multipotent stem cells

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14
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Tissue making up skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle.

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Muscle tissue

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15
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Random change to DNA sequence.

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Mutation

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16
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Tissue making up the nervous system.

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Nervous tissue

17
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Defence white blood cell that can engulf and destroy foreign material.

18
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Blood cell fragments important in blood clotting.

19
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Stem cell that has the potential to make almost all differentiated cell types of the body.

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Pluripotent stem cell

20
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Blood cell containing haemoglobin, which can carry oxygen in the bloodstream.

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Red blood cell

21
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Molecular signal that can be received by a cell to modify its activity.

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Regulatory signal

22
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Cancer formed from a cell transported from a primary tumour.

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Secondary tumour

23
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Body cell that divides by mitosis to form more body cells.

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Somatic cell

24
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Unspecialised cell that can divide and then differentiate.

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Used as part of a medical therapy.
Therapeutic
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Stem cells from tissue that divide and differentiated to become cells of that tissue.
Tissue (adult) stem cells
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Collection of cancer cells produced by excessive, uncontrolled cell division.
Tumour