Zusammenfassung der Ressource
cell types
- red blood cells
- red blood cells carry oxygen from
the lungs to all the cells in the body
- they havew a biconcave shape. this gives a large
surface area for carrying oxygen
- they dont have a nucleus this makes more
room to carry oxygen
- white blood cells
- white blood cells defend you bady agtainst deseases
- they do have a
nucleus
- they are able to change shape. this lets
white blood cells surround unwanted
germs like bacteria and degest them
- sperm cells
- sperm cells are made
by males
- sperm and egg cells can join
together to make an embryo this is
called fertilisation
- embryo can grow
into a child
- a sperm cell are
very small
- it has a tail which can move this
allows it to swim and find an egg
to fertilies
- its head contains enzymes. these
are chemical that help it get into
the egg so the sperm and egg can
join
- the nucleus contain genes
from the father these will be
passed onto the child
- egg cells
- egg cells are made by
females
- sperm and egg cells can join
together to make an embryo
this is called fertilisation
- embryo can
grow into a
child
- and egg cell is large and bulky becuase it doesnt
need to move about. it just sits and waits for sperm
to find it
- it contains
cytoplasm. this
provides food for the
embryo
- the nucleus contains
genes from the mother.
these will be passed onto
the child