Stem Cells and Cancer

There are 3 ___________, which regulates whether the cell will progress through the cell cycle

• Checkpoints

• Platelets

• Proteins

• Enzymes

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Progress through the cell cycle is primarily related to what?

• The integrity of DNA and DNA replication

• The production of proteins

• The creation of the new cell membrane

• The size of the nucleus

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The cell cycle is regulated by which of the following:

• Internal Signals from the cell

• External signals from the body

• Physical/mechanical signals from other cells (crowding)

• All of these

Which cell shows cancerous cells?

• Figure A

• Figure B

• Figure C

Tumor Suppressor genes slow down the cell cycle when damaged DNA is sense. What happens of these genes are mutated in a cell and do not respond to issues with the DNA?

• Cell division slows down

• Cell division speeds up

• Cell division proceeds normally with the damaged DNA

• The damaged cell goes through apoptosis

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A tumor that cannot spread to surrounding tumors is known as what?

• Malignent

• Benign

• Nutral

• Protoconco

What term describes when stem cells become specialized, such as when a stem cell becomes a red blood cell?

• Specialization

• Differentiation

• Adaptation

• Manipulation

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What statement is true about a heart cell, a brain cell, and a skin cell that all come from the same individual?

• They have different DNA

• They all have the same role in the body

• They are all made by meiosis

• They have all differentiated

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Cells that are exposed to UV radiation are more likely to become mutated and develop what?

• Skin cancer

• Stem Cells

• Differentiated Cells

• Normal cell division

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What type of cell can become other cell types?

• Sperm cells

• Plant cells

• Nerve cells

• Stem cells

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