Beginning of Cell
What does cell division start with?
A fertilized egg
What are stem cells
Undifferentiated cells that become differentiated into one or more types of specialized cells
What is an organism?
One individual member of a species
What is a cell cycle?
A repeated pattern of growth, DNA duplication and cell division that occurs in eukaryotic cells.
What is a chromosome?
One long continues thread of DNA that consists of thousands of genes and regulatory information.
What does a egg turn into once fertilized?
A zygote
What are the two types of stem cells?
Embryonic and Adult stem cells
What is an organ system?
It is a set of organs working together for a common function
What are the two purposes of a cell cycle?
Growth and repair
What is a gene?
A section of DNA that contains the instructions for making a protein
What gives rise to many identical cells?
Cell division through mitosis
What is a Embryonic stem cell
Cells that have never differentiated
What is an organ?
Set of tissues working together for a common function
What is interphase?
The growth phase of the cell cycle
How many chromosomes is your DNA organized into
46
What is Differentiation?
a process that creates special structures and funcations
What is a adult stem cell?
Cells found in adult bone marrow
What is tissue?
Group of cells working together for a common function
How many phases are in the interphase part of the cycle?
3
one half of a duplicated chromosome.
What do specialized cells become?
Tissue, organs, then organ systems
True or false: Adult stem cells are partially differentiated
True
What is a cell?
Most basic unit of life that has all the characteristics of life
What are the three parts to interpahse?
G1, S, and G2
What is a centromere?
Region of the condensed chromosomes that look pinched.