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17 Cards in this Set
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Stem Cells
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Not differentiated & have the capacity to create more than one type of cell
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Red blood cells
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Oxygen carriers
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Specialisation
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Membrane which allows oxygen to diffuse quickly
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White blood cells
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Fights bacteria, cytoplasm engulfs bacteria
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Neuron cells
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Message carriers
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Muscle cells
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Help muscle contract & move mitochondria to create energy
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Epithelial Cell
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Covers surface of body
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Bone cell Latin name
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Osteocyte
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What do bone cells do?
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Make bones firm
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Kidney cell latin name
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Podocyte
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What is the function of a kidney cell
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Filter out blood & create urine, large Er & golgi helps filter out proteins
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Stages of Mitosis
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Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase & Telophase
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Explain Prophase
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This is where changes take place, chromatin condenses to form chromosomes and nucleus membrane breaks down
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Explain metaphase
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Chromosomes move to the centre of the cell
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Explain Anaphase
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Chromosomes split and the chromatid moves to the centrosomes
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Telophase
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Reverse of prophase, 2 nuclei and a membrane appears round each one, chromosomes uncoil to allow DNA to function, they divide and two daughter cells appear
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What is special about chromosomes?
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They are made of two identical halves called chromatids
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