Specialised Cells + Differentiation

• Specialised cells

  Different types of cells that make up complex organisms like animals and plants
• Examples of specialised cells in animals

  • Sperm cells
  • Muscle cells
  • Nerve cells
• Examples of specialised cells in plants

  • Root hair cells
  • Phloem cells
  • Xylem cells
• Sperm cell

  • Has a flagellum to swim
  • Is streamlined to swim
  • Has many mitochondria for energy
  • Has digestive enzymes to break into egg
• Differentiation

  The process by which a cell changes to become specialised
• Zygote


  A single fertilized egg cell that divides to form many cells
• Stem cells

  Are Cells that can repeatedly divide by mitosis and differentiate into different types of specialized cells