Levels of Organization
The most basic unit of life
What is the cell?
When cells grow uncontrollably
What is cancer?
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell during this phase
What is metaphase?
These types of cells are undifferentiated (have no specific function or structure)
What are stem cells?
What is tissue?
A substance known to produce or promote cancer
What are carcinogens?
Chromosomes separate and move apart to opposite sides of the cell during this phase
What is anaphase?
Programmed cell death
What is apoptosis?
When organs with similar functions combine
What is organ system?
When cancer spreads to another part of the body than where it originally formed
What is metastasize?
Two nuclear membranes begin to form around different sets of chromosomes in this phase
What is telophase?
If a parent cell has 275 chromosomes, each daughter cell should have this number of chromosomes after mitosis
What is 275?
When tissues with similar functions combine
What is organ?
The type of cancer that can cause tumors to spread throughout the body
What is malignant?
The cell duplicates its DNA during this phase
What is interphase?
This organelle is vital for mitotic division
What are centrioles?
When organ systems combine
What is organism?
A common cancer treatment that attacks cancer cells, while leaving most normal cells alone
What is chemotherapy?
Chromosomes come together and are visible as X's in this phase
What is prophase?
Daughter cells should be this compared to their parent cell after mitosis
What is identical?