How many types of human cells are there?

[onemind]

Hi,

I am studying cells and was curious to know if all human cells are known.

Is there a place with a list of all the differents type of human cells?

Also, does each organism have its own types of cells? I mean, is a cows red blood cells the same as ours? And would a pig have a cell that a person doesn't? Or are they all similar?

Thanks for any info

[oncetoomany]

there are four basic types:

mustle

neron

connective

undiffrentiated

 

they (in the human body) can be divided into about 220 types

 

animal cells provide a simular functions to our own. The further away the genus, or kingodom the more diffrent the cell. Eg. we have very simular red cells to monkeys but bird red cells are compleatly diffrent as they are nucliated.

 

i hope this answers your questions

[Ophiolite]

You should find this useful. It lists over two hundred different cell types found in the adult human.

http://www.bios.co.uk/textbooks/0815332181/pdfs/appendix.pdf

It notes that these are not labels for parts of a continuum that has been subdivided arbitrarily, but they represent for the most part discrete and distinctly different categories.

 

[May I also recommend the use of google. It took me less than one minute to locate this reference, and I am not a biologist.]

[onemind]

Thanks guys

That list was useful.

I had no idea there were so many.

Cheers