Interphase
This is the longest phase of the cell cycle
What is interphase?
This is how many stages mitosis has.
What is four?
The DNA in eukaryotic cells is packaged into structures called what.
What are chromosomes?
If a checkpoint fails and the cell has unregulated growth, what occurs?
What is cancer?
If a cell can differentiate, it means the cell can do.
This is the first stage of interphase where the cell grows.
What is G1?
This is the phase where chromosomes shorten and thicken.
What is prophase?
The region of a chromosome where two sister chromatids are held together is called what.
What is a centromere?
There are _____ main checkpoints of the cell cycle
Stem cells are ____________ cells that have the potential to differentiate into different types of cells.
This is the stage of the cell cycle where DNA is synthesized.
What is S phase?
This stage involves the separation of sister chromatids and their movement to opposite poles.
What is anaphase?
A duplicated chromosome consists of two identical _________ which are held together at the centromere
What are chromatids?
If a tumor is noncancerous, what is the vocab word we use for it?
What is benign?
Stem cells can potentially repair injuries of the brain and spinal cord, cure some diseases, and do this to organs.
What is replace?
This is the stage of interphase where the cell grows further and prepares for mitosis.
What is G2?
This is the final stage of mitosis before cytokinesis where the nuclear envelope reforms around the separated chromosomes.
What is telophase?
In anaphase chromosomes are pulled apart by these fibers.
What are spindle fibers?
If a tumor is cancerous, what is the vocab word we use for it?
What is malignant?
One of the controversial things about stem cells is that they can be harvested from this, which creates an ethical debate about the start of life.
What is an embryo?
This is the correct order of phases in interphase.
What is G1, S, G2?
This is the stage where the chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell.
What is metaphase?
These are located at the poles of the cell and help in the formation of spindle fibers that separate the chromosomes during the cell cycle.
What are centrioles?
If cancerous cells have spread into other organs, what is the term we use for it?
What is metastasis/metastasize?
Despite having identical DNA, stem cells can become any cell type in the body due to the selective activation of their _______.
What is genes?