11.4 Vocab Flashcards
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Embryo
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after the first 4 days where the cells together become specialized and differentiated
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Differentiation
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when the cells become specialized to one specific function or job
3
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Totipotent
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able to do everything
4
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Totipotent
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able to do everything and develop into any type of cell in the body
5
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Blastocyst
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a hollow ball of cells with a cluster of cells inside known as inner cell mass
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Pluripotent
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cells that can develop into any of the body’s cell types, even though they generally cannot form the tissues surrounding the embryo
7
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Stem Cells
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unspecialized cells from which differentiated cells develop.
8
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Multipotent
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cells that can become only a restricted number of the body’s body cells
