CELL CYCLE
What is the cell cycle
a repeated pattern of growth
What is Cancer
uncintrolled cell divison
What is Mitosis
The division phase of the cell cycle
What is one long continuous thread of DNA
Chromosome
what happens during cell division
1 cell becomes 2 cells
What is the Interphase
the growth phase of the cell cycle
What is the main reason that cancer occurs
Because the cells divide faster then normal
Chromosomes decondense and start to look like chromatin again
Telophase
What is one half of a duplicated chromosome?
What is a Chromotid
What is cytokinesis
the divison of the cytoplasm into 2 individual cells
What is the cell cycles two purposes
growth and repair
What are tumors
Clumps of cells that divide uncontrollably
Sister chromatids separate
Anaphase
Region of the condensed chromosome
Centromere
What is cytokinesis in plant cells
cell plate forms midway between divide nuclei
What phases are in the Interphase
G1 Gap 1 Phase, S synthesis Phase, G2 Gap 2 Phase
What is Benign
Abnormal cells that remain clustered together
Chromosomes condense and are visible as sister chromatids
Prophase
Ends of the DNA molecule
Telomere
the end result of cytokinesis is ___
2 whole body cells
What is the Synthesis Phase
DNA replication and doubling the amount of chromosomes
what is Malignant
cancer cells that break from the tumor
Spindle fibers connect to centrioles
Metapahse
what is a gene?
a section of DNA that contains the instructions to making proteins
Why do body cells divide
growth and repair