Cell Division Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Mitosis

A

This is cell division used for growth and repair

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Stages of mitosis

A

Normal cell, chromosomes duplicated, chromosomes go to centre, chromosomes split, chromosomes in cell go each end, cell splits

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Stem cells

A

Are unspecilized cells that can develop into any type of cell which are human made to rebuild tissues in injured/ diseased organs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Pros of stem cells

A

Injured or diseased organs can be grown back to normal, lives can be longer, could clone people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Cons of stem cells

A

It could be ethnically wrong as we are creating live, someone’s don’t work which make organs worse, could clone people

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Meiosis

A

A form of cell division where sex cells are produced

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly