Cell Cycle Steps
DNA Vocabulary
Regulation of the Cell Cycle
Cancer
Other
100

The first phase of the Cell Cycle

Interphase

100

The long continuous thread of DNA that consists of thousands of genes and regulatory information

Chromosome

100
The type of regulation that receives signals from the outside of the cell 

External

100

Uncontrolled cell division

Cancer

100

Can cause cancer (give one of the 4)

Biological factors (age, inherited mutations)

Lifestyle choices (Diet, activity levels, UV radiation)

Viruses and other infections (HPV causing cervical cancer)

Exposure to carcinogens (chemicals that mutate DNA)

200

The second phase of the Cell Cycle

Mitosis

200

A specific section of DNA with instructions for making a protein

Gene

200

The type of regulation that comes from the inside of the cell

Internal

200

Clumps of cells that divide uncontrollably 

Tumors

200

A process that creates special structures and functions

Differentiation

300

The 3rd phase of the Cell Cycle

Cytokinesis

300

One half of a duplicated chromosome

Chromatid

300

A critical point where 'stop' and 'go' signals can regulate the cell cycle

Checkpoint

300

Abnormal cells that remain clustered together

Benign

300

An undifferentiated cell that has never been differentiated and can become any type of cell

Embryonic stem cell

400

The phase where the cell grows and makes proteins, part of Interphase

G1 or Gap 1 phase

400

Region of the condensed chromosomes that look pinched together

Centromere

400

Programmed cell death

Apoptosis

400

Cancer cells that break away from the tumor, and move to other parts of the body to create more tumors

Malignant

400

An undifferentiated cell found in adult bone marrow that can only be differentiated into certain types of cells

Adult stem cells

500

The acronym used to list the steps of Mitosis

PMAT

500

The number of chromosomes each human has

46

500

This macromolecule plays a key role in regulation of the cell cycle

Proteins

500

Spreading of disease from one organ to others

Metastasize

500

The order of the organization of life, starting at smallest

Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

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