cells Flashcards

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specialized cell

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cell that can perform specific function

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red blood cells

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hemoglobin carries O2 in blood, cells smooth easily pass through blood vessels

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skin cells

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layers of cells tightly together covers outside body protects cells inside reduces water loss

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bone cells

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collect calcium from food allows growth and repair of bones, build up bone around themselves = bodys skeleton

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muscle cells

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arranged in bundles (muscle fibres), contracts, fibre gets shorter, bones move

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white blood cells

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can move like amoeba to engulf(eat) bacteria fight infection

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sperm cells

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moved independently, carries dna from male to join w egg cell from female

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fat cells

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have large vacuole to store fat molecules this is how it stores chem energy

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nerve cells

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long thin many branches, conduct elec impulses to coordinate body activity

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photophores

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some animals active at night or ones in deep ocean emit light (photophores)

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plant cells

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some plant cells transport water, dissolved minerals through plant, other cells transport dissolved sugar

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storage cells

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special structures store starch, source of energy for plant

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photosynthetic cells

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has many chloroplasts to collect energy from sun to make sugar for plant

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epidermal cells

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cells on young roots have hair that aborb water from soil

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guard cells

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on surface of leaves to control water loss

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16
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cell theory

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all living things made up of one or more cells
basic unit of life
all cells come from pre existing cells