Cancer Vocab
What is the term for the process of growth DNA replication and division to make two identical daughter cells?
Cell Cycle
What is the name of the the first and longest phase of the cell cycle that includes G1, S, and G2 phase
Interphase
What is the term the name of the phase when DNA doubles and replicates every homologous
S Phase
What happens to a cancerous cell's shape?
Enlarges or deforms compared to the healthy cell
What age group tends to get cancer?
Older, 55-85
What is the name of the tumor suppressor protein that protects the cells from cancer working at the checkpoints?
p53 gene
What is the name of the process of diploid cell dividing into two identical cells?
Mitosis
What is the name of the process when cell membrane fully separates and ends the cell cycle
Cytokinesis
What happens to the cancerous cell's nucleus?
Enlarges
what is the most common cancer in women?
breast
What is the term for a matched pair of DNA strands, one inherited from the mother and one from the father; genetic material (23 pairs)
Homologous chromosomes
What is the name of the two identical cells that are the end product of the cell cycle
Daughter cells
What is the name of the term of a normal and healthy body cell that includes two sets of homologous chromosomes?
Diploid cell
What happens to the cancerous cell that affects it's job?
Loses structure and function
How many copies of p53 do human cells have?
1
What is the name of a non- cancerous mass of abnormal cells?
Benign tumor
What is the term for the process where cancer cells travel from their original tumor and create a tumor elsewhere?
metastasized
What is the term for a cancerous mass of abnormal cells that can invade tissue
Malignant tumor
What is the main difference between the cancer cell cycle and the healthy cell cycle?
Does not have p53 checking the cell prior to division
What is the most common cancer in men?
Prostate
What is the term for the process of programmed cell death?
apoptosis
What is the name of the process through which new blood vessels grow from pre-existing ones?
Angiogenesis
What is the name of a disease that occurs from abnormal cell division?
Cancer
How do doctors diagnose cancer severeness?
Stages 1-4
Are larger mammals more or less likely to get cancer? Why?
LESS, large mammals have 20 copies of p53