The Nature of Cancer -- Quiz 1

Question 1

What are the Embryonic Cell layers?

Answer 1

• Ectoderm
• Mesoderm
• Endoderm

Question 2

Ectoderm (outer layer)

Answer 2

• epidermis (skin cells)
• Central nervous system
• neural crest

Question 3

Mesoderm

Answer 3

• Skeletal
• Muscular
• Circulatory systems
• Dermis (inner layer of skin)
• Exretory system
• reproductive system

Question 4

Endoderm (inner layer)

Answer 4

• outer lining of digestive tract
• outer lining of lungs
• thyroid
• urinary bladder

Question 5

Hematopoietic stem cells

Answer 5

are multipotent primitive cells that can develop into all types of blood cells, including myeloid-lineage and lymphoid-lineage cells

Question 6

Potency

Answer 6

• The ability of a cell to differentiate into other cell types.
• The more different the cell types that arise, the higher the potency.

Question 7

Totipotent

Answer 7

• Capable of giving rise to all cell types

Question 8

Pluripotent

Answer 8

The state of a single cell that is capable of differentiating into all tissues of an organism.

• It is not capable of sustaining a full organismal development

Question 9

Multi potent

Answer 9

• Can develop into more than one cell type in the body.

Question 10

Progenitor Cells

Answer 10

May divide a limited number of times and differentiate into a specific cell type.