Across
- 2. the process of programmed cell death
- 6. disorder in which some of the body’s cells lose the ability to control growth
- 10. one of a group of external regulatory proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells
- 12. cell with limited potential to develop into a certain type of cell within a tissue
Down
- 1. process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
- 3. cells that are capable of developing into most, but not all, of the body’s cell types
- 4. mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
- 5. stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
- 7. developing stage of a multicellular organism
- 8. cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body (including cells that make up the extraembryonic membranes and placenta)
- 9. unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
- 11. one of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells