Mod2 - CH 2 Structures Of The Body

Question 1

Cells

Answer 1

Basic structural and functional units of the body.

Cells have specialized roles and die after a determined life span

Question 2

Cytology

Answer 2

cyt = cell

Study of 
Anatomy
Physiology 
Pathology
Chemistry of a cell

Question 3

Cytologist

Answer 3

Specialist in study and analysis of cell

Question 4

Cell membrane

Answer 4

Tissue that surrounds and protects the contents of a cell from the external environment

Question 5

Cytoplasm

Answer 5

Is the material within the cell membrane that is not part of the nucleus

Question 6

Nucleus

Answer 6

Center of a cell

• controls activity of cell
• helps the cell divide

Question 7

Stem cells

Answer 7

Unspecialized cells that are able to renew themselves for a long time . They do not die.

They can be transformed into cells with special functions.

Question 8

Adult stem cells
also called
Somatic stem cells

Answer 8

Undifferentiated cells found among differentiated cells in a tissue or organ

Question 9

Undifferentiated

Answer 9

Not having specialized function

Question 10

Differentiated

Answer 10

Having specified function

Question 11

Embryonic stem cells

Answer 11

Undifferentiated
No specific function
So can be used to transform to any adult cell
Can be grown rapidly in a lab 
Does not require a perfect match
Harvested from cord blood

Question 12

Hemopoietic

Answer 12

Blood forming tisssue in a bone marrow