Cancer
What is the definition of Cancer?
A group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division.
How many stages of Mitosis are there? (Including Cytokinesis)
6
What is Metastasis?
The process of Cancer cells spreading throughout other parts of the body.
Cancer can be cause by one of two things. Name one of them.
Too Much/ Too Little Cell Division.
What type of tumor is non-cancerous?
Benign
During what phase do Chromosomes line up in the MIDDLE of the cell?
Metaphase
What is Cytokinesis?
Why is Cell Division Important?
Growth, Maintenance of Tissue, Repair Damage/Injury, Maintain Small Cell Size, Unicellular Reproduction.
What type of tumor is Cancerous?
Malignant
During what phase do chromosomes pull APART towards opposite sides of the cell?
Anaphase
An environmental factor that may lead to mutations in the DNA is also known as a _______________.
Carcinogen
What is the definition of Mitosis?
A process of cell division (really the nucleus) that results in two identical cells.
What are two examples of Carcinogens?
Smoking, Poor Diet, Overexposure to UV Light, etc.
During what phase does the cell spend most of it's life in?
Interphase
What form of DNA is shaped like an "X"?
Chromosome
Why is it important for cells to be small?
To get resources throughout the entire cell.
What is the term for when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body.
Metastasis
During Mitosis we see DNA take two different forms. What are those forms?
Chromatin, Chromosome
What form of DNA is shaped like Ramen Noodles?
Chromatin
Cancer is what happens when Mitosis goes unchecked and out of control.