Stem Cells Flashcards
An Egg and Sperm Cell Fuse to Form a ___________, a Single Cell. This Divides to Form an ___________.
Zygote…Embryo…
The Inner Cells of Embryos are Called _____________ Stem Cells. These Differentiate to Form All of the _______________ Cells of the Body.
Embryonic…Specialised…
An Adult ______ Cell is an Undifferentiated Cell of an Organism that can Give Rise to Many More Cells of the Same Type.
Stem.
Your Bone __________ is a Good Source of __________ Stem Cells.
Marrow…Adult…
Many Differentiated Cells Can Divide to ___________ Themselves.
Replace.
Scientists Hope that the Embryonic Stem Cells can be Encouraged to ______ Into Almost Any Different Type of Cell Needed in the _______.
Grow…Body…
Scientists and Doctors Hope it will not be Long Before they can Use ______ Cells to Help People who have been _____________ to Walk Again.
Stem…Paralysed…
The Stem Cells from Plant ____________ can be Used to Make Clones of the __________ Parent Plant Very Quickly and Economically.
Meristems…Mature…
Plant ____________ Gives Us a Way of Producing Large Populations of ____________ Plants for Research.
Cloning…Identical…
Cloning Large Numbers of ______________ Plants from the Stem Cells in Plant ______________ is Widely Used to Produce Large Numbers of Plants such as Orchids.
Identical…Meristems…