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    This document provides examples of specialized animal and plant cell types, their functions, and distinguishing cellular features that allow them to perform their functions. It discusses beta cells that release insulin, skeletal muscle cells that contract to allow body movement, neurons that transmit electrical impulses, red blood cells that carry oxygen, sperm cells that transfer genes during reproduction, phloem cells that transport sugars, and xylem cells that transport water and minerals. It also describes how specialized cells organize into tissues, organs, and organ systems to create more complex multicellular structures in animals and plants.

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    Specialised cells in animals and plants

    This table gives some examples of specialised animal and plant cell types and their function.

    Animal
    Specialised Features of cell that allow it to perform its
    or plant Function
    cell type function
    cell?

    Beta cell (in Releases hormone Uses its genetic instructions to assemble
    Animal
    pancreas) insulin insulin

    Contracts to allow
    Skeletal Contains long protein filaments that can slide
    Animal movement of body
    muscle cell past each other to shorten the cell
    parts

    Transmits electrical Contain membrane proteins that carry out


    Neuron
    Animal impulses from one part active transport of sodium and potassium ions
    (nerve cell)
    of body to another to help 'recharge' the cell

    Contains the protein haemoglobin, which


    Red blood Carries oxygen to body
    Animal binds oxygen. Has no nucleus so there is
    cell tissues that require it
    more space available to carry oxygen

    Has a tail to allow it to swim to egg cell and


    Transfers genes from
    contains many mitochondria to supply ATP
    male body to female
    Sperm cell Animal for energy. Its head contains enzymes that are
    gamete during sexual
    released to help it break through the outer
    reproduction
    membrane of the egg cell

    The building block of Cells have holes in their cell walls at each end
    Phloem cell Plant the transport system for to allow sugars to move from one cell to the
    sugars next

    The building block of Cells are strengthened with a hard substance


    Xylem cell Plant the transport system for called lignin to withstand changes in pressure
    water and mineral salts of water

    Cell organisation
    In multicellular animals and plants, groups of specialised cellswork together to create more
    complex structures:
     Groups of specialised cells that carry out particular functions are called tissues.
     Organs are body parts that are made of several different types of tissue and carry out one or
    more particular functions.
     Groups of organs can work together in organ systems such as the circulatory system or the
    respiratory system.
    The order in which cells are organised can be summarised as:

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