ANAPHY QUIZ CELL

• What are leukocytes commonly known as?

  White blood cells
• What are haematids a type of?

  White blood cells
• What are thrombocytes also known as?

  Platelets
• What is the female sex cell called?

  Ovum
• What is the male sex cell called?

  Sperm
• What type of cells are enterocytes?

  Intestinal cells
• What are sarcomeres a component of?

  Striated muscle tissue
• What type of cells are osteocytes?

  Bone cells
• What are neurons specialized for?

  Nerve signal transmission
• What are hepatocytes the main type of?

  Liver cells
• What are the main types of blood cells?

  • Leukocytes (white blood cells)
  • Thrombocytes (platelets)
  • Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
• What are the types of reproductive cells?

  • Ovum (female sex cell)
  • Sperm (male sex cell)
• What are the types of specialized cells mentioned?

  • Sarcomeres (striated muscle tissue)
  • Enterocytes (intestinal cells)
  • Neurons (nerve cells)
  • Osteocytes (bone cells)
  • Hepatocytes (liver cells)
• What is the basic unit of all plants and animals?

  Cells
• How do new cells originate?

  From the division of preexisting cells
• What are the smallest living units

  Cells
• What vital physiological functions do cells carry out?

  Nutrients, O2, wastes, CO2
• What does the ovum/zygote contain at fertilization?

  Genetic potential to become any cell
• What happens during the first cell division after fertilization?

  New cells subdivide the ovum cytoplasm
• Why do the parcels formed during cell division differ from one another?

  Due to regional differences in ovum cytoplasm
• How do cytoplasmic differences affect new cells?

  They turn specific genes on or off
• What is the process of gradual specialization in cells called?

  Cellular differentiation
• What does cellular differentiation produce?

  Specialized cells that form tissues
• What are the four main types of tissues in the body?

  • Epithelial tissue
  • Connective tissue
  • Muscle tissue
  • Neural tissue