Growth, Division,
and Reproduction
and Reproduction
This is the first phase of nuclear division
What is prophase?
In cell division, this process is the division of the nucleus.
What is mitosis?
A mass of cells, sometimes destructive, sometimes not.
What is a tumor?
Generalized term for cells that perform specific functions
What are specialized or differentiated cells?
The process by which a cell splits into two identical daughter cells.
What is cell division?
The process by which an organism may reproduce using only itself.
What is asexual reproduction?
The first 3 phases of the cell cycle are collectively called...
What is interphase?
A disorder is caused by uncontrolled cell growth.
What is cancer?
This fundamental process allows cells to develop into cells with specific functions
What is differentiation?
Programmed cell death.
What is apoptosis?
The process of reproduction resulting in offspring with mixed DNA.
What is sexual reproduction?
The protein to which chromatin is bound to form chromosomes
What are histones?
These proteins acts as regulators for the cell cycle.
What are cyclins?
Cell differentiation was first studied in this organism.
What is the roundworm (C. elegans)?
The ringlike genetic structure inside a prokaryotic organism.
What is a plasmid?
Cells are small for this reason...
What is surface area to volume ratio?
This is the shortest step of mitosis the chromosomes line up in the middle for the next step.
What is metaphase?
An internal, cellular cause for cancer.
What are defective genes OR problem with the p53 gene?
These undifferentiated cells may develop into any kind of cell in the body.
What are embyronic stem cells?
The moment that a cell is unable to be programmed into another type of cell
What is the "point of no return"?
The means by which yeasts reproduce.
What are sexual and asexual reproduction?
This is the phase during which chromatids pull to opposite ends of the cell
What is anaphase?
External regulators that significantly regulate the formation and development of the human body.
What are growth hormones?
This difference places cells into totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent groups.
What is the limited ability to differentiate?
Paired structures that spin fibers that assist in separating the duplicated chromosomes.
What are centrioles?