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is the area covered by the plasma membrane.
Surface area
is the space taken up by the inner contents of the cell.
Volume
cell’s cytoplasm divides, creating two new cells.
cytokinesis
is the first and longest stage of mitosis.
Prophase
the second stage of mitosis is?
Metaphase
How can apoptosis be defined?
cell death
Cells with a higher surface area: volume ratios can sustain themselves more easily. T/F?
True
smaller cells can transport substances more easily? T/F
True
stage during which the cells grows, carries out cellular functions, and replicates its DNA
Interphase
Eukaryotic cells divide via the?
cell cycle
If a cell with 36 chromosomes undergo mitosis, how may chromosomes will each of the two new cells have?
36
the cell’s nucleus and nuclear material divide; has four substages.
mitosis
are structures that contain identical copies of DNA.
Sister chromatids
Type of cells that surrounds an ethical dilemma
embryonic stem cells
is the process of programmed cell death
Apoptosis
cells reproduce by a cycle of growing and dividing called the?
cell cycle
There are checkpoints after each stage of interphase to protect against duplicating ____ damage.
DNA
Substances that are known to called cancer are called?
Carcinogens
these stem cells might be used to maintain and repair tissue
adult stem cells
are the structures that contain the genetic material.
chromosomes
The sister chromatids are attached at the
Centromere
Cyclins are proteins that bind to enzymes called?
Cyclin dependent kinases
the uncontrolled growth and division of cells
cancer
The precursor cells that can be directed to become specialized cells are?
Stem cells
is the relaxed form of DNA in the cell’s nucleus.
chromatin