Midterm Exam Part Two Flashcards

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Adult Stem Cell Therapy

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No risks of rejection
No human embryos necessary
Developmental Potential
Successful Treatments

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Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

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Risk of rejection by immune system
Human embryos are destroyed
Unlimited development potential
No successful treatment

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Therapeutic Cloning

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DNA from a donor egg is removed and the enucleated donor egg is fused with a DNA cell

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Reproductive Cloning

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Copying an entire organism

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Embryo is destroyed when

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Inner cell mass is removed

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Embryo is developed when

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The embryo is implanted into a surrogate mother

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Genetically reprogrammed cells are called

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Induced pluripotent stem cells

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Adult stems cells are classified as

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Multipotent, but through evidence some are pluripotent

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Embryonic stem cells are classified as

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Pluripotent

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Anything past the blastocyst stage is considered

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An adult stem cell

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Insulin

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A hormone that regulates the level of glucose in the bloodstream

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Stem cells are used to

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Generate new cells in replace of damaged or lost cells

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Stages of reproduction

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Zygote, 2, 4, 8, Solid ball, Blastocyst (hallow ball), remove inner cell mass, embryonic stem cells

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What happens when inner cell mass is removed and grows into dish related nutrients

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Embryonic stem cells are established

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Stem cell examples are

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Blood, heart, skin, bones, or muscles

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What is a stem cell

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Unspecialized or generic type of animal cell

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What can stem cells do?

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Branch off into different types of specialized cells

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Division of labor

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Increases the efficiency of large cells

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What is the nucleus

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The control center that stores genetic information for proper cell function

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Nuclear membrane

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Connects the nucleus to the endoplasmic reticulum and to the plasma membrane

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Ribosome

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Protein synthesis carried out

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Golgi body

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Lipids and proteins

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Lysosomes

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Important organelles that bud of the Golgi body

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Vacuoles

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Storage food, water, and waste

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Mitochondria

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Provide the cell with energy in the form of atp

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Chloroplast

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Pigment chlorophyll that conducts photosynthesis