Cell_Diversity.txt

Fibroblast and Erythrocyte (red blood cells)

• Elongated cells that lie along the cable-like fibers that it secretes; has large Golgi apparatus to make and secrete the protein building block of these fibers; to connect body parts
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• red blood cell that carries oxygen in the bloodstream; only contains oxygen-carrying pigment; connects body parts by circulating through the blood stream
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• Epithelial cell
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• Hexagonal shaped cell like that of a "honeycomb"; which allows cells to pack closely together in sheets; resist tearing when it is rubbed or pulled; covers and lines body organs
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Skeletal muscle and smooth muscle cells

• Elongated cells filled with abundant contractile filaments so they can shorten forcefully and move the bones, body parts, or change the size of internal organs
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Fat cell

• Huge spherical shaped cell produced by large lipid droplet in its cytoplasm; stores nutrients
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Macrophage (a phagocytic cell)

• a phagocytic cell that extends pseudopods to crawl through tissue to reach infections; contains many lysosomes in order to fight infections and disease
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Nerve cell (neuron)

Has long processes (extensions) for receiving and transmitting to other body structures information it gathers to control body functions

Oocyte (female); Sperm (male)

Largest cell in the female body; contains several copies of all organelles for distribution to future daughter cells

Long and streamlined cell that has flagellum to swim to the Oocyte in the female