Specialized Cells

What is the function of red blood cells?

• Help to digest your food.

• Help you breathe.

• Provide nutrients to your organs.

• Carry oxygen throughout your body.

What does cell differentiation mean?

• Process by which a cell absorbs nutrients.

• Process by which a less specialized cell becomes a more specialized cell.

• Process by which a specialized cell becomes a less specialized cell.

• Process by which cells enter the cell cycle.

Cell differentiation is most directly regulated by...

• ATP

• DNA

• Lipids

• Sugars

What is the function of nerve cells?

• Allow for gas exchange to happen.

• Transport oxygen throughout the body.

• Control DNA expression.

• Transmit electrical signals to different parts of the body.

What is an unspecialized cell that can become many different types of cells?

• stem cell

• eukaryotic cell

• prokaryotic cell

• gamete

Which cell is specialized by having lots of mitochondria for energy and protein fibers for movement?

• skin cell

• nerve cell

• blood cell

• muscle cell

This type of cell fights infection.

• red blood cell
• platelet
• white blood cell
• antibacterial cell

This type of cell is found in females and is needed for reproduction.

• egg cell
• sperm cell
• fertilization cell
• yolk cell

Stem cells are

• undifferentiated or unspecialized cells in the body.

• differentiated or specialized cells in the body.

• only found in the inner mass cells of blastocyst

• only found in a fetus

Stem cells can be obtained from _________.

• embryos
• some adult tissues
• umbilical cord blood
• all of the above