cancer Flashcards

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describe benign tumours

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-grow slower than malignant tumours
-non cancerous and dont spread to tother tissues as the tumour

-cells often remain differentiated

-cell nucleus has a normal appearance

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describe malignant tumours

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-grow faster than benign tumours
-cancerous and cells break off and spread to other parts of the body

-cells becomes undifferentiated and non specialised

-cell nucleus is larger and darker

mal= bad

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3
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totipotent cells

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-early embryos
-embryonic development
-differentiate into any cell

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multipotent

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mature animals
-few cells
-in bone marrow
-bloood stem cell
-produce any type of blood cell/ red or white

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5
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unipotent cell

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mature mammals
-only one cells
-musclce
-neurone
-epithelial
-other tissues

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pluripotent cell

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-present in embryos
-develop from totipotenent
-into almost any cell

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7
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its cell

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type of pluripotent cell produced from unipotent cell
-using tf

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