Cell Specialization Flashcards

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What are specialized cells called?

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Differentiate

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What is a stem cell? What is it’s function?

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A cell that is not differentiated, not specialized yet. It can divide itself to an unlimited amount of time.

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Will all stem cell differentiate?

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Under the right condition yes

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How does a cell differentiate?

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Relying on it’s genome, the DNA will see what is the best fit for the cell and further specialize it into what is needed for the organism.

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What makes a stem cell knows what to specialize into?

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We don’t. But it’s enviroment could be a reason for it to adapt.

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What is the potency of stem cells?

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The potential on how far a cell can specialize

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How can the potency of a stem cell affect its function?

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The amount of potents will determine how well it can do it’s work for the environment it’s in.

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Totipotent

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Can become any type of cell

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Pluripotent

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The second step after totipotent
Many types of cells

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Multipotent

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The stages most stem cells are in after birth, a few types of cell or become a unipotent cell
Bone marrow has alot of multipotent that can differentiate into different blood cells

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Unipotent

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The narrowest cell can divide up to. They have the ability to renew things which help with wounds/replacing dead cells

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*Induced potent

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Scientists finding ways to go backwards and change differentiate cells back to pluripotent

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Stem cell niche

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The microenvironment that people believe help guided how a cell should be differentiate
Hormones, pH, ion concentrations could be conditions that might change the niche

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Plant’s differentiation

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Cambium (ring of SC) differentiate into xylem & pholem cells (plant’s vein)
=>neighbor cells see and do the same

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Embryo’s differentiation

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Morphogens (concentration chemicals)
The closer a cell is to the middle of the embryo the more morphogens it is exposed to => differentiate differently

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Limb cell’s differentiation

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Also uses morphogens, closer to middle will make bones, further ones make muscles, furthest will make fat & skin

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Tissues

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Groups of stem cells that matches each other’s vibe form up together and make tissues

18
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What determine the size of the cell?

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The ratio between surface area and volume

19
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Function if SA:V is bigger

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The more it’ll interact with the enviroment => more on outside

20
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If volume gets bigger

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The more demand for nutrients and the more energy it needs to be put in

21
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If surface area gets bigger

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The more requirements it needs to get through with energy

22
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Sperm cell function

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High ratio => get nutrients easier

23
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Egg cell function

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Low ratio => needs more nutrients, more energy needed to absorb them
Need enough nutrients for baby and because they won’t use blood cells

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Red blood cells function

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Perform gas exchange
High ratio help them interacts with the enviroment

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Gas exchange for RBC

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RBC brings oxygen to tissues and picking up carbon dioxide or deliver it to the lungs and pick up oxygen

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Flagelum

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Tail for sperm to swim

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White blood cells

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Fight viruses

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B-Cells

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Antibody making cells, a kind of proteins

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Cerebellar granule cell

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Nerve cells call neurons
Those cells exchange signals with other cells

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Motor neurons

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The walking ones
Have axons so long that they only need two in the body => faster transfer of infos/signals

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Striated muscles fibres

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Long and skinny cells that have many nuclei and are made when alot of muscles are together
Help controls muscles forces within the body

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Proximal Convulated Tubules

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Those PCT in kidney cell lining helps filtrate substance and choose what they want to keep
=> needs big SA

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Type I & II Pneumocytes

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Type I is the outer layer to minimize distnace for oxygen to get through
Type II reduce cohesion by secrete surfactants. Keeps them from collapsing

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Surfactants

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Soapy amphipatic molecules

35
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Striated muscle cells

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Skeletal muscle fibres

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Cardiac muscle cells

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Y-shape that pass along electrical signals in the heart

37
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Intucalated disk

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use to connect w other cells

38
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Myofibrils

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Proteins that makes cell contract

39
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Gametes

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Human sperm and cells

40
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Sperm

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Alot of flagella that contain mitochondria
Acrosomes contain enzyme to digest zona pellucida
Smooth head to travel faster

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Eggs

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Layers of glycoprotein called zona pellucida
The zona pellucida hardens once the sperm settles in and the carticle granules exocytose their contents