Vocabulary
An unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
Stem Cell
The rate at which materials enter and leave the cell depends on the cell's _________ ratio.
Surface Area to Volume
Sister chromatids are attached to each other by a structure called the ___________ .
Centromere
True or False?
External regulatory proteins respond to events occurring inside a cell.
False
The type of cell that has the potential to develop into the widest variety of differentiated cells.
The developing stage of a multicellular organism
Embryo
During this phase, the cell first duplicates its genetic information.
Interphase
If a dividing cell initially has 12 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will each of its daughter cells have after mitosis and cytokinesis?
12
The timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells is controlled by a group of closely related proteins known as ________ .
Cyclins
What type of cells is very attractive as a medical treatment because they can grow into many different tissue types?
Stem Cells
Phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
Telophase
A type of reproduction that increases genetic diversity within a population.
Sexual Reproduction
Cell Plate
This results in uncontrolled cell growth and division.
Cancer
A blastocyst is classified as which type of cell?
Hint: the word ends in "potent"
Pluripotent
Threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information; In eukaryotes, they are found in the nucleus; In prokaryotes they are found in the cytoplasm
Chromosome
Which cell would be most efficient at obtaining nutrients and releasing waste? A cell with a SA:V of 6:1 or 3:2?
6:1
List the phases of mitosis in the correct sequence.
Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
This is a process of programmed cell death, which shapes the structure of tissues and organs.
Apoptosis
Adult stem cells are _______ , so they are capable of replacing cells in the tissues where they are found.
Multipotent
Substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones
Chromatin
Which survival strategy is simple and efficient and allows for the quick production of many offspring?
Asexual Reproduction
Cytokinesis is the division of which part of the cell?
Cytoplasm
What is the process by which cells become specialized?
Differentiation