Specialised Cells
- Created by: Gabrielle
- Created on: 28-10-17 23:04
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- Specialised Cells
- Red Blood Cells
- Function(s)
- Transports Oxygen
- Feature(s)
- No Nucleus
- Haemoglobin
- When Oxygen binds with it, it becomes OXYHAEMOGLOBIN
- Flexible (concave) shape
- Squeezes through capillaries
- Large surface area
- Transports as much Oxygen as possible
- Function(s)
- White Blood Cells
- Function(s)
- Protects against microbes/micro-organisms
- Feature(s)
- Produces antibodies
- Changes shape to engulf microbes
- Function(s)
- Sperm Cells
- Function(s)
- Sperm nucleus fuses with the egg nucleus
- Feature(s)
- Tail helps it swim/enables movement
- stream-lined
- 1/2 genetic information (23 chromosomes)
- Function(s)
- Nerve Cells
- Feature(s)
- Layer of insulation
- long branches
- Function(s)
- Carry electric impulses to and from the brain
- Feature(s)
- Muscle Cells
- Feature(s)
- Protein Fibres
- Lots of mitochondria
- Lots of energy to contract and relax
- Function(s)
- Contract and relax
- Feature(s)
- Root Hair Cells
- Feature(s)
- No chloroplasts
- Isn't photosynthesising
- Large surface area
- No chloroplasts
- Feature(s)
- Xylem
- Function(s)
- Transports water
- Feature(s)
- Missing parts of their end walls
- Function(s)
- Phloem
- Function(s)
- Transports glucose
- Feature(s)
- Sieve plates
- No end walls
- Lots of mitochondria
- Function(s)
- Red Blood Cells
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