Human cells Flashcards
Multicellular organisms
All the cells work together but do different things
Red blood cell
Carry oxygen from lungs around the body
White blood cell
Part of your immune system help your body to fight infection
Nerve cell
Carry information around your body e.g from brain to muscles back to brain
Sperm cell
The male reproductive cell,contains a head and tail, head contains enzymes used for penetrating and fertilizing the female egg
Egg cell
The female reproductive cell (gamete) joins with sperm during fertilization to form embryo
This grows into new life form
Skin cell
Protects muscles and bones, emits sweat when hot to cool you down, holds in important fluids and nutrients,
Bone cell
Make up the skeletons of vertebrates
All bone cells work together to keep up skeletal system