Cell Cycle
The life cycle of a cell consists of 2 major periods.
What is (1) interphase and (2) cell division.
The 4 stages of Mitosis.
What are (1) prophase, (2) metaphase, (3) anaphase, and (4) telophase
The type of cell division when the daughter cells are not identical to each other and they are not identical to the original "parent" cell. The daughter cells have half the amount of DNA as the parent cell.
What is Meiosis
A mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably.
What is a Tumor
One of the identical rods of a chromosome
What is a Chromatid
Interphase is divided into 3 phases.
What is (1) G1 Phase, (2) S Phase, and (3) G2 Phase.
The 2 stages of Meiosis.
What are (1) Meiosis I and (2) Meiosis II
The type of cell division where each daughter cell ends up with the same number of identical chromosomes.
What is a Cytokinesis
The ways to prevent cancer.
What is avoiding tobacco and unhealthy diets
The thin fibrous form of DNA and proteins.
What is a Chromatin
The cell increases in size and produces new organelles and proteins during this phase of interphase.
What is G1 Phase
The division of the nucleus of the cell into 2 new nuclei.
What is Mitosis
The cell starts to break down some structures and build others up, setting the stage for division of the chromosomes
What is a Prophase
The 3 ways to treat cancer.
What is (1) surgery, (2) radiation, and (3) drugs that destroy the cancer cells
The 2 cells that are formed when a cell undergoes cell division by mitosis. They are genetically identical to the parent cell because they contain the same number and type of chromosomes.
What are Daughter Cells
The shortest phase of interphase when organelles replicate and molecules are needed for cell division.
What is G2 Phase
The actual division of the cell into 2 new cells.
What is Cytokinesis
The cell is nearly done dividing, and it starts to re-establish its normal structures as cytokinesis (division of the cell contents) takes place.
What is Telophase
When mutations disrupt the normal cell cycle and causes cells to divide in an uncontrolled way.
What is how cancer begins
The structure where 2 strands are held together.
What is a centromere
Chromosomes replicate and DNA is synthesized during this phase of interphase.
A special form of cell division that only occurs in sexually reproducing organisms.
What is Meiosis
The sister chromatids separate from each other and are pulled towards opposite ends of the cell.
What is Anaphase
When cancerous cells break off a tumor and enter the bloodstream.
What is how cancer spreads
Identical structures that result from chromosome replication and are formed during the S phase.
What are Sister Chromatids