Cell Cycle
Mitosis
Cancer
Misbehaving Cells
Miscellaneous
100

G1- Growth; S- Synthesis of DNA; G2- Grow again and prepare to divide

What are the subphases of interphase?

100

Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase

Prophase Metaphase Anaphase TelophaseWhat are the four stages of mitosis?

100

a disorder in which body cells lose the ability to control growth (cells go through mitosis uncontrolled)

What is cancer?

100

This is when cancer cells spread throughout the body and form new tumors.

What is metastasis?

100

This is the name of proteins used to regulate the cell cycle.

What are cyclins?

200

This phase lasts the longest (the cell spends most of its time in this phase)

What is interphase?

200

1. nuclear envelope disappears 2. chromosomes thicken and become visible 3. centrioles start to move to opposite ends 4. spindle fibers begin to form

What are things that happen during prophase?

200

environmental carcinogens

mutated genes

What are causes of cancer?

200

These are the two types of tumors.

What are benign and malignant.

200

These are the two types of regulator proteins.

What are internal regulators and external regulators.

300

This a stop along the cell cycle to make sure there are no mutations.

What is a checkpoint?

300

In this stage, sister chromatids separate.

What is anaphase?

300

Don’t respond to signals and divide uncontrollably.

What are cancer cells?

300

This type of tumor is cancerous.

What is malignant.

300

chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, and hormone therapy

What are the main treatments for cancer?

400

Some organelles are duplicated during this stage of interphase.

What is G2?

400

This phase of the cell cycle divides the cytoplasm for two identical cells.

What is Cytokinesis?

400

This is the study of cancer

What is Oncology?

400

The cell's "self-destruct button" is known as this.

What is apoptosis?

400

cigarettes, aspartame, and other harmful, cancer-causing chemicals

What are carcinogens?

500

You expect the amount of DNA to change during this stage of the cell cycle.

What is S phase?

500

A production of 2 new daughter cells that are identical to the parents cell

What is the result of Mitosis?

500

Cancer cells form a mass called this

What is a tumor?

500

A great number of cancer cells have a defect in something called p53, which is this.

What is a gene?

500

This is a normal gene which when altered by mutation can contribute to cancer

What is a proto-oncogene?