Vocabulary
Cell Cycle
Mitosis
Cytokenesis/
Chromosomes
Miscellaneous
100
A process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells
What is cell division
100
G1, S, G2, M
What are the four phases of the cell cycle
100
The division of the nucleus
What is mitosis
100
The pinching of the cytoplasm
What is cytokenesis
100
A mass of cancer cells
What is a tumor
200
A series of events the cell goes through as it grows and divides
What is the cell cycle
200
The period of growth between cell divisions
What is interphase
200
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
What is the four stages of mitosis
200
The structure found in an animal cell and the structure found in the plant cell
What is a cleavage furrow and a cell plate
200
Information overload and exchanging materials
What are two known causes of cancer
300
Unspecialized cells
What are stem cells
300
Mitosis and cytokinesis
What are the two stages of the mitotic phase?
300
The spindle fibers wrap around this structure during metaphase
What is the centromere
300
23 and 46
What is the number of pairs and the total number of chromosomes in the human body
300
Help cure Alzhiemers, Parkinsons, etc.
What are the benefits of stem cells
400
A gene known to cause cancer
What is gene p53
400
Chromosomes are replicated during this stage
What is the S phase
400
The nuclear envelope reforms and the DNA condenses back into the nucleus in this phase
What is telophase
400
Multiple strands of DNA (looks like spaghetti)
What is chromatin
400
Information overload and exchanging materials
What are two reasons cells divide?
500
Proteins that help regulate the cell cycle
What is cylcins
500
The location of the structure that contains genetic material in a prokaryotic chromosome
What is the cytoplasm
500
Karyokenesis
What is another word for mitosis
500
Proteins that wrap around the DNA in a chromosome
What are histones
500
Nerve cells, muscle cells, brain cells
What cells grow at a slower rate
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