Unit 1- Stem Cells

A stem cell is

• The same as a blood cell

• an undifferentiated cell that can develop into different cell types

• I don't know, I wasn't listening

• A stomach cell that can turn into a liver cell

Stem cells can activate any part of their...

The two types of stem cells are..

• Adult stem cells

• pluripotent stem cells

• skin cells

• Embryonic stems cells

Adult stem cells are...

self-renewal is the ability to...

Describe potency...

• The ability to go through several cycles without differentiation

• The ability to differentiate into specialised cells

• umm... this is a hard one

• the process of making more cells

What does "multipotent" mean?

• able to divide but has a limited amount of closely related cell types.

• able to divide and make multiple (but not all) types of cells

• able to divide and make all different types of cells

• cannot divide

What is the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells?

• Embryonic can differentiate into more cell types than adult

• Adult can differentiate into more cell types than embryonic

• undifferentiated and can turn into any type of cell

• differentiated cells that do one job

oligopotent is...

The stem cell can differentiate into...