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4 Notes: Cell Change and Development

Vocabulary:

cell specialization
specialized cells
unspecialized cells
differentiated cells
stem cell

CELL SPECIALIZATION
In biology, specialized is a term used to explain that a cell has ___________________ into a
specific or particular type of ______________.
Unspecialized cell, then, refers to cells which have not yet _____________________ (changed)
into a specific type of cell.

STEM CELLS
*unspecialized cells capable of _______________ themselves through cell ________________.

CELL DIFFERENTITATION
A normal _________________ in development in which cells become ____________________
and functionally different from one another.
*for example: nerve, muscle and ________________ cells.

Organization: Beginning to end.

In the development of a ___________________ organism, differentiated ____________ cells,
multiply to become ____________________ types of cells multiplying to become tissues,
____________________, part of an organ system and finally an organism.

What good is stem cell research?

_____________ cells leading to cures and/or improvement in the _______________ condition.