The Human Egg Cell. The human egg cell is also known as the ovum. With a spherical structure it is the largest cell in the human body measuring about 0.2mm in diameter. The function of the ovum is to reproduce‚ when fertilized by the sperm cell the ovum is capable of creating a new living organism. The size and shape of the ovum gives it space to store and create nutrients (see fig 3) (Boyle and Senior 2008) The ovum is bounded by the egg follicles of the ovaries and is produced by primitive germ
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ROD CELLS Rod cells‚ or rods‚ are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in less intense light than the other type of visual photoreceptor‚ cone cells. Rods are concentrated at the outer edges of the retina and are used in peripheral vision. On average‚ there are approximately 125 million rod cells in the human retina.[1] More sensitive than cone cells‚ rod cells are almost entirely responsible for night vision. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Rods are a little longer and leaner
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Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that differ in several key aspects from the cells of other eukaryotic organisms. Their distinctive features include: A large central vacuole‚ a water-filled volume enclosed by a membrane known as the tonoplast maintains the cell’s turgor‚ controls movement of molecules between the cytosol and sap‚ stores useful material and digests waste proteins and organelles. A cell wall composed of cellulose and hemicellulose‚ pectin and in many cases lignin‚ is secreted by
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------------------------------------------------- Cell phones Imagine being able to talk to someone that is across the world with a push of a button. Seems a little far-fetched? Well‚ there is such a device that allows you to do that. It is called the cell phone. Cell phones are devices that enable people to talk to others no matter how far away they are from each other. They can be on opposite sides of the planet and they still will be able to talk to each other. Many people nowadays use cell phones very frequently for
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Cameron Micham November 16‚ 2011 Miss Rounds English “Cell Phone Use Leads to ‘Inattention Blindness’ and Can Prove Fatal” by William Saletan (A) Cell phone usage puts people’s lives at risk‚ and many times is fatal. The more tasks a driver is given‚ the worse they do. Cell phone usage while driving removes the main task people should be focusing on – driving. Cell phone use replaces driving with what the person is talking about‚ which endangers someone and the others on the road with them
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Are cell phones dangerous? Cell phones are a wonderful thing. You can talk. Take pictures. Listen to music. Converse over email or text messaging‚ and browse the Internet among a handful of other things. I love to use my cell phone and actually use it more then any other phone at the office or at home. However‚ I use it with immense concern. I have concern about the use of the phone causing health issues‚ like cancer and brain tumors over time. Are these concerns warranted? I have studied technology
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pluripotent stem (IPS) cells differ from those currently in place for human embryonic stem (ES) cells. An IPS cell is created artificially from skin‚ fat and fibroblasts by reprogramming patient ’s own cells. Scientists believe IPS cells to be a promising source for treating diseases. An ES cell is created by destroying an embryo. Other scientists think ES cells will also be a promising source because it is composed of your own DNA‚ so the immune system won ’t reject the cell. While scientists would
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STUDY GUIDE WITH CELL QUIZ Cell wall: Cell membrane: All cells have cell membrane Allows only essential things to come in. Double layer of lipids. Double layer=bilayer Golgi body Process and package macromolecules There is a cis end and a Trans end. Cells secrete things that have been packages from apparatus. Modify by adding carbs and phosphates. Imports substances Endoplasmic retulum Ribosome Cytoplasmic granules-small particle that floats in cytoplasm Made of ribosomal DNA and
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Henrietta’s Cells. It is unfortunate that the Lacks family did not know that research was being done on Henrietta’s cells‚ which made the family feel like they were betrayed by doctors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital‚ but it was a common practice of doctors in the 1950s and consent was not required for research as it is today. Also‚ it is unfair that Samuel Reader and Monroe Vincent‚ the founders of Microbiological associates‚ a cell distribution company‚ made millions off of selling HeLa cells. However
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Number of Cells in Part 1 Number of Cells in Part 2 Interphase 11 9 Prophase 7 4 Metaphase 5 3 Anaphase 9 7 Telophase 4 3 Cytokinesis 2 2 Create a Graph that represents the time spent in each stage of the cell cycle. Stage Time Spent in the 1st stage Time spent in the 2nd stage Interphase 21% 25% Metaphase 13% 7% Anaphase 9% 16% Telophase 19% 18% Cytokinesis 20% 23% 18% 11% Hypothesis After researching‚ I predicted that I would see different numbers of cells (which are
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