Cancer and Carcinogens
A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue
What is cancer
Carcinogens may cause cells to divide at a faster rate than normal
What is what could increase the chance that DNA changes will occur
The substance or exposure that can cause cancer in humans
What is a carcinogen
Process where a single cell divides into two identical daughter cells
What is mitosis
Do not raise the risk of all types of cancer
What are the strongest carcinogens
Mutations in the parents cell
What is the impact caused by cancer on mitosis
G1 phase, S phase, and G2 phase
What are the phases of interphase
By changing a cells DNA
What is how carcinogens cause cancer
Overrides the checkpoints
What is what cancer cells do
Can increase the risk of cancer after a short exposure or can increase the risk of cancer after a long exposure of high levels
What are some carcinogens
What is cancer cells multiplying rapidly
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telophase
What are the phases of mitosis
By interacting with a cells DNA and inducing genetic mutations
What is how carcinogens work
A measure of how fast cancer cells are dividing and growing
What is what mitosis means in cancer
Exposure to chemicals, age, and family history
What are some cancer risk factors
Cancer cells stop responding to the signal telling them to stop and that they are overcrowded
What is why cancer cells multiply rapidly and never stop
Initiation, contraction, membrane insertion, and completion
What are the phases of cytokinesis