Flashcards
@ousmag Module 2.3 - Specialised Cells: 0Quiz
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 1What are multicellular organisms?Organisms that are made up of multiple cells.
- 2What are specialised animal cells?Cells that have a special task in an animal's body and are designed in a way that best suits said job.
- 3How many cells are in the human body?50 trillion
- 4How many different types of cells are in the human body?Over 200 types of cells are found in human body.
- 5What are the three types of muscle cells?1. voluntary/skeletal muscle
2. involuntary/smooth muscle
3. cardiac muscle
- 6What are skeletal muscles?Muscles attached to your skeleton that you can move.
- 7What is smooth muscle?Smooth muscle is muscle that work automatically without your assistance.
- 8What is cardiac muscle?Heart muscle
- 9Why do muscles, especially cardiac muscles, have so many mitochondria?To give them energy from food
- 10What are neurons?Brain cells. They carry information from your brain to different parts of your body.
- 11What are erythrocytes?Red blood cells (RBC) carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of your body and they carry some of the waste CO2 from cells back to your lungs so that you can breath it out.
- 12What are leucocytes?White blood cells (WBC) are part of the immune system and protect the body from foreign objects, disease and infections.
- 13What are brown fat cells?Fat cells that produce heat for your body.
- 14What are white fat cells?Fat cells that are used to store energy and provide an insulating layer under the skin to maintain a constant bodily temperature.
- 15Do plants have specialised cells? Name five of them.Plants do have specialised cells. These include:
1. Guard cells
2. Conducting cells
3. Root hairs
4. Structural cells
5. Photosynthetic cells