Cell potential and self-renewal

Question 1

What is cell potency

Answer 1

the range of commitment options available to a cell

Question 2

Name the three compounds that make up the blastocyst

Answer 2

trophectoderm, epiblast, primitive endoderm

Question 3

describe the stages from a zygote to blastocyst

Answer 3

fusion of gametes to form zygote, cleavage of cells to form blastomeres, more cleavage to form morula, Cells on the outside form trophectoderm layer and inside form inner cell mass and segregate into epiblast and primitive endoderm

Question 4

which potency can produce a fully functional organism

Answer 4

totipotent

Question 5

which potency can only differentiate into one cell type

Answer 5

unipotent

Question 6

which potency can produce all body’s cell lineage, including germ cells and all extraembryonic cell types

Answer 6

pluripotent

Question 7

which potency can form mulitple lineages that constitute an entire tissue

Answer 7

multipotent

Question 8

which potency can differentiate into all three germ layers

Answer 8

pluripotent

Question 9

which is the potency of most adult stem cells

Answer 9

mulitpotent

Question 10

potency of spermatogonial sc

Answer 10

unipotent

Question 11

how to show a cell is multipotent

Answer 11

inject a single cell and show it can make all blood lineages

Question 12

how to show a cell is multipotent and can self-renew

Answer 12

do a secondary single cell transplant to prove the first cell injected can make perfect copies of itself and also can make all blood lineages