SHN 8C WCC Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Muscles Cells

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Large number of mitochondria and 3 groups: skeletal, cardiac, smooth

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Nerve Cells

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create information network across the body with a long fiber (axon)

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Blood Cells - Types of blood cells (there are 4) and their jobs

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Red Blood Cells: carry oxygen and carbon dioxide
White Blood Cells: part of immune system and fights infeciton
Platelets: Cell fragments associated with blood clotting
Plasma: caries cells and proteins

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Fat Cells - the 2 types and what they do

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Brown fat cells: produce heat

White fat cells: store energy, insulate the body

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Types of plant special cells (5)

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Photosynthetic
Guard
Structural
Conducting
Root Hair

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6
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Photosynthetic Cell

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Contain a large number of chloroplast

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Guard Cells

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Open and close the stomata allowing for gas exchange

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Structural Cells

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cell walls of dead conducting cells make up the trunk of the tree

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Conducting

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long straw link cells that take water from the roots to the leaves

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10
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Root hair cells

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increase surface area of the cell to absorb water

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11
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What is mitosis

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cells divide for reproduction

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Types of tissue and what they do

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Epithelial: cells that form layer over organs
Connective: supports and connects other tissue
Muscle: tissue that contracts allowing movement
Nerve: send electrical messages around the body.

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13
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What’s in a fungal cell

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same as animal with cell wall

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What is plant vascular tissue and what is their jobs?

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Xylem: carries water from roots to leaves, made up of strong thin tubes which give the plant structure.

Phloem: tubes that move glucose around the plant.

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