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when cells become specialized, they take up a particular function in the body, and they adapt their shape and function according to it

i.e. a white blood cell is specialized as it is full of enzymes that fight off harmful bacteria. another is a nerve cell, designed for transferring "messages" through the body

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What to you mean when you say that cells are specialized?

Specialized cells are those that do a specific job or perform a specific function. For example, brain cells submit and store information. They do not however do the job of say, a skin cell, which is to protect an organism.


What does it mean when cells are specialized in multicellular organisms?

Cells that are specialized in multicellular organisms means they do many things. This is what helps the body function.


What does specialization in cells mean?

The cell has a specific function. Nerve cells, blood cells, and root cells are all types of specialized cells.


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Do specialized cells in a unicellular organism perform specialized jobs?

Unicellular organisms do NOT have specialized cells. By definition.


Do specialized cells in a unicellular organism performe specialized jobs?

Unicellular organisms do NOT have specialized cells. By definition.


Where does specialized cells mean?

"Specialized" means they have a very particular function in the body. For example, nerve cells only conduct nervous impulses, rod and cone cells only function in vision, gametes only function to pass on genetic information etc.


Are your skin cells specialized?

no they do not specialized because they are mutated


Are blood cells specialized cells?

yes


Are specialized cells the same as regular cells?

no