Cells
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- Created on: 01-04-18 16:02
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- Cells
- Sex cells
- Make it possible to reproduce
- Males produce sperm
- Females produce eggs
- Blood cells
- Fights infection
- Carries oxygen around the body
- Clots blood to create a scab to stop a wound bleeding
- Cancer cells
- Can be created by the mutations of other cells
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- Can divide uncontrollably
- Bone cells
- Aid in the formation of bone and help maintain calcium balance
- Decompose bone for resorption and assimilation
- Regulate bone mineralization
- Endothelial cells
- Create new blood vessels
- Help regulate blood pressure
- Make up the inner lining of blood vessels
- Muscle cells
- Connects muscles to the bones
- Forms muscle tissue
- Protects and supports the muscle fibre
- Diffusion
- When cells or other substances pass through a thin wall. it is selective of what can pass through
- Stem cells
- Repair tissue by dividing and filling in the gaps
- Nerve cells
- Sends information via nerve impulses
- Send signals to and from the brain
- Conduct and transmit signals
- Fat cells
- When stored with fat they become large, when empty they shrink in size
- Can be used for energy
- Produce hormones
- Osmosis
- The movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable membrane from higher water concentration to a lower water concentration
- Enzymes
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- Skin cells
- Barrier against germs
- Protects internal structures of the body
- Prevents dehydration
- Sex cells
- Biological catalysts which speed up chemical reactions, but remain unchanged themselves
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