A nurse is discussing a cell that can differentiate into any tissue type. Which term is the nurse describing?

a. Hematopoietic
b. Pluripotent
c. Blastocyst
d. Progenitor


ANS: B
A pluripotent cell can grow into different kinds of tissue: blood, nerves, heart, bone, and so forth. Hematopoietic cells are not capable of such differentia. A blastocyst is an embryonic cell. A progenitor becomes a hematologic cell.

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