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Cell Cycle
DNA
Mitosis
Cancer
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100
The cycle of growth and division of a cell makes up the _____________________.
Cell Cycle
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
What is cancer caused by?
mutation
100
A tumor that does have the ability to spread is considered _________________.
benign
200
What life substances are responsible for monitoring a cell's progress from phase to phase during the cell cycle?
Enzymes or proteins
200
A section of DNA that codes for a protein is considered a __________________.
gene
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
Cancer cells can reproduce rapidly because they spend less time in _____________.
interphase
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
A tumor that has the ability to spread is considered _______________.
Malignant
300
As a cell grows, its ________________ increases faster than its __________________.
volume, surface area
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
The dark-staining structures that you witnessed in the onion root tip cells that carry the genetic material are the __________________.
chromosomes or chromatin
400
Chromosomes line up at the equator during ____________.
metaphase
400
________________ is the actual process of cancer cells moving to different parts of the body.
Metastasis
400
Unlike plant cells, animal cells contain ____________- tiny structures that migrate to opposite poles during prophase.
centrioles
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
_____________ restrains cell growth or division when cells come into contact with each other.
Contact inhibition
500
What are two advantages of folded membranes?
more efficient cell processes, interconnected channels between folds, and increases surface area of the membrane