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Cell Cycle
DNA
Mitosis
Cell cycle regulation
Cancer
100

The 5 phases of the cell cycle (in order)

G1, S, G2, M phase (mitosis), cytokinesis

100
The structures that hold together sister chromatids are ________________________.
centromeres
100
During what phase does all of the following occur? Tighter coiling of chromosomes, breaking down of the nuclear envelope, disappearing of nucleolus.
Prophase
100

Stopping points within the cell cycle that regulate the health and progress of a cell

checkpoint

100

Regulatory proteins that check if mitosis is progressing correctly are called

Cyclins

200
What life substances are responsible for monitoring a cell's progress from phase to phase during the cell cycle?
Enzymes or proteins
200

Phase when DNA is replicated

S phase

200
The process by which nuclear material is divided equally between two new cells is ______________.
Mitosis
200

The uncontrolled division of cells is known as __________.

Cancer

200

There are two types of tumors, ____ which is not cancerous and doesn't spread and ______ which is cancerous

BENIGN which is not cancerous and doesn't spread and MALIGNANT which is cancerous

300
The longest phase of the cell cycle.
Interphase
300
The identical two halves of a doubled chromosome structure are called _________________.
sister chromatids
300
The phase of mitosis in which chromatids separate from each other is ___________________
anaphase.
300

If a cell did not pass interphase correctly and is detected to be abnormal, it is sent to ___ (name of a stage)

G0

300

A type of cancer that is specific to women

Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer

400
______ is a substage of interphase when the cell is growing, protein production is high, and the cell is preparing to replicate the DNA.
G1
400

If looking at a cell underneath a microscope and the DNA is visible, what does this say about the condition or state of the cell?

It is in mitosis

400
Chromosomes line up at the equator during ____________.
metaphase
400

Programmed cell death

Apoptosis

400

What causes cancer? List them

Carcinogens, radiation, smoking, pollution, viruses, etc

500

Checkpoints throughout the cell cycle are regulated by _______________.

enzymes

500
Long strands of DNA inside the nucleus.
chromatin
500
Name the phases of MITOSIS in the correct order.
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
500

Name the 3 checkpoints within the cell cycle.

1. At the G1-S transition

2. G2 phase

3. M phase, during the metaphase - anaphase transition