Vocabulary
The term for DNA when is it loose and threadlike
What is chromatin
The longest phase of the cell cycle
What is interphase
Sister chromatids separate during this stage of mitosis
What is anaphase
A slow growing and localized tumor
What is a benign tumor
A drug treatment plan that targets rapidly dividing cells
What is chemotherapy
A structure that holds sister chromatids together
What is the centromere
The phase of interphase marked by cell growth and the replication of organelles
What is G1
Chromosomes relax and the nuclear envelope reforms during this stage of mitosis
What is telophase
Chemicals known to cause cancer
What is a carcinogen
Cancer cells divide and grow without control because they do to follow these signals in the cell cycle
What are checkpoints
Identical copies of a chromosome
What are sister chromatids
DNA is duplicated during this phase of interphase
What is the "S" phase
DNA begins to condense, spindle fibers form, and the nuclear envelope disappears during this stage of mitosis
What is prophase
A fast growing tumor that has spread and invaded nearby tissue
What is a malignant tumor
Self-destruction of a cell
What is apoptosis
The term for nuclear division
What is mitosis
Centrioles mature during this phase of interphase
What is G2
Division of the cytoplasm
What is cytokinesis
A procedure that takes a small sample of tissue for examination under a microscope
What is a biopsy
Used to perform cytokinesis in animal cells
What is a contractile ring
A change in DNA
What is a mutation
Two reasons why the cell cycle is important
What is growth and healing
What are genetically identical daughter cells
The ability of a malignant tumor to spread and invade nearby tissue
What is metastasis
In this cancer treatment radiation is localized to a tumor
What is radiation therapy