Biology 2.1.6 Examples of specialised cells

Question	Answer
What is differentiation?	When cells become specialied to perform a specific function
What are erythrocytes? Where are they produces? What do they do?	Red blood cells Bone marrow Carry oxygen in the blood
What are leukocytes? What do they do? How do they perfom their function?	White blood cells Fight dieases in the body Englufs microbes (white blood cells contain lysosomes)
What do squamous epithelial cells do? Where are they found?	Give a low friction surface surface for fluids Lining of blood vessels
What do ciliated epithelial cells do? Where are they found?	Move away foreign bodies, eg mucus,k with ahir like structures called "cilia" Trachea, bronchioles
What do palisade cells do? Where are they found?	They absorb light for photosynthesis Mesophyll of leaf
What do root hair cells do? Where are they found?	Absorb minerals from the soil that the plant needs They are found near the tips of roots
Where are guard cells found? What do they do?	Found around the stoma in leaves They open the stoma so that CO2 can enter the leaf

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