Question

Define the following:

a) Totipotency

b) Cell

c) Autophagy

d) Centrioles

Answer 1

A. Totipotency is the ability of a cell to form the whole organism.

B. Cell is the basic unit of life. It is the structural and functional unit of living organisms.

C. Autophagy is a kind of self degrading process or intracellular degradation in which cytoplasmic constituents are delivered to the lysosomes where they are degraded and destroyed.

D. Centrioles are the cell organelles present in animal cells which are involved in the formation of spindle fibres during cell division.