The second phase of mitosis
What is metaphase
Long, thin, uncoiled fibers of DNA and proteins
What is, chromatin
Unregulated, uncontrolled cell division
What is cancer
DNA gets copied during
What is interphase?
Condensed chromatin
What are chromosomes?
What has happened to the DNA in a cancer cell
What is mutated
In Prophase the nuclear envelope dissolves
What is, True.
The starting cell at the beginning of mitosis will have the _______ number of chromosomes as the daughter cells at the end.
Same number of chromosomes
A group of cancer cells is called a
What is tumor?
Part of the cell cycle for cell division
What is mitosis?
In mitosis, cells that are genetically unique are created
False, they are genetically identical
These pull chromosomes apart in anaphase
What are spindle fibers
Cancer cells that are not dangerous are ________
Cancer cells that ARE dangerous are ________
Benign, malignant
Cell cytoplasm finishes dividing and pinching off into 2 new cells
What is, cytokinesis?
The cell never checks DNA for accuracy before dividing
False, the cell cycle has several checks to find mutations and errors
When mutations in the DNA happen inside a cell that cannot be corrected, the cell is supposed to undergo programmed cell death. What is that called?
What is apoptosis?
What is the name of the cells we end with at the end of mitosis
two daughter cells
In telophase the cells pinch off completely into two new cells
False, that is cytokinesis