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Anatomy
Intermediate
05/25/2017

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Cell Differentiation is when an
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unspecialised cell becomes specialised to carry out a specific function
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Once a cell becomes differentiated, it only
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expresses the genes that produces proteins characteristic to that type of cell
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Stem cells have
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the potential to differentiate into specialised cells
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Two types of stem cell are
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embryonic and tissue
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Embryonic stem cells are found
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in a human blastocyst
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Pluripotent stem cells can make
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ALL types of differentiated cells
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Tissue Stem Cells are multipotent which means
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they produce a limited range of cell types
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Stem cells in bone marrow can
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differentiate into different types of blood cells
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Somatic Cell are
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the scientific name for general body cells
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Human somatic cells contain
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46 chromosomes
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Epithelial cells cover
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body surfaces and line body cavities
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Connective tissue are formed
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by blood, bone and cartilage
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Mutations in somatic cells are
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not passed to offspring
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Germline cell is
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cell that produces gametes
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Germline cells divide
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by meiosis to produce gametes
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Mutations in germline cells are
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passed to offspring
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Stem cell use include
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providing info on cell processes, repairing organs/tissues and modelling diseases
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Cancer cells divide
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excessively to produce a mass of abnormal cells
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (IPS)
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stem cells created from reprogramming differentiated cells back to an embryonic state
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Metastasis is
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the spread of cancer from its primary site
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