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11 Cards in this Set
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Totipotent |
Ability of a single cell to divide and produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism, greatest differentiation potential, 1-3 day embryos, can form embryo and placenta |
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Pluripotent |
Can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body (embryonic stem cells), 5-14 day blastocysts), can form embryo but not placenta
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Multipotent
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Can differentiate into other tissues (adult stem cell, cord blood stem cells) |
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Plasticity
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Potential to change into other cell types like nerve cells. Capacity to heal, limited change, growth and adaptation of brain over time
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Stem Cell
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A cell that has the ability to continuously divide and differentiate into various kinds of cells/tissues |
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Homing
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To travel to the site of tissue damage
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Engraftment
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To unite with other tissue, con: rejection - does the immune system accept it?
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Differentiation
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The process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell type
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Dedifferentiation
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Partially or terminally differentiated cell reverts to an earlier developmental stage
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Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny
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embryonic development mimics evolutionary history |
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Prefrontal Cortex
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"Working memory, planning, carrying out sequences of actions, inhibit inappropriate responses |
