Cycles of Cell Cycle
General Mitosis
Telomeres, Cancer, & Stem Cells
Cell Division
Cytokinesis
100
Why would a cell go through the entire cell cycle?
To do cell division
100
How many phases make up mitosis?
4
100
Unregulated cell division
Cancer
100
List the phases of cell division in order.
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
100
The division of the cytoplasm of the cell during cell division is referred to as_____________.
Cytokinesis
200
What is the longest phase in the cell cycle?
Interphase
200
True or False: Cytokinesis is included in the phases of mitosis.
False
200
These are found on the ends of chromosomes and prevent gene loss during DNA Replication.
Telomeres
200
At which phase do the chromosomes become visible in the cell?
Prophase
200
What is the end result of cytokinesis?
Two identical daughter cells
300
The cell cycle results in two genetically _________ cells.
Identical
300
Which phase of mitosis is the following cell in?
Metaphase
300
Fully undifferentiated stem cells are called __________.
Totipotent
300
In which phase do the nuclear envelopes reform around the separated chromosomes?
Telophase
300
The division of the cell nucleus
Mitosis
400
The cell cycle state where the cell grows to its full size, copies the DNA and organelles and prepares to divide is called ________________. List the phases in order.
Interphase - G1, S, G2
400
What type of reproduction is occurring during mitosis?
Asexual
400
As stem cells become more differentiated, they lose their ability to do this.
Divide
400
At what phase in cell division do the spindle fibers pull the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell?
Anaphase
400
The pinching apart of the cytoplasm in an animal cell creates a ___________.
Cleavage furrow
500
What is the importance of the cell cycle to multicellular organisms with respect to tissue repair?
The cell cycle replaces damaged, worn, and aging cells
500
List the phases of mitosis in order.
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
500
When cancer cells break off and travel to other regions of the body.
Metastasis
500
Spindle fibers attach to the centromeres and chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell during this phase of cell division.
Metaphase
500
In plant cells, a _______________ is built between the two daughter cells as they pull apart during cytokinesis.
Cell plate