Key Terms
When DNA is packaged and condensed.
what are CHROMOSOMES?
This stage of the cell cycle is when the cell grows and carries out its normal functions.
what is INTERPHASE?
This is the process is described as nuclear division.
what is MITOSIS?
During cytokinesis _____ is divided between the cells.
what is CYTOPLASM?
A cell that divides uncontrollably.
what is a CANCER CELL?
The structure that holds sister chromatids together.
what is CENTROMERE?
DNA is copied during this specific phase of interphase.
what is the S PHASE?
During this phase, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
what is METAPHASE?
In animal cells, cytokinesis occurs through a pinching process called this.
what is a CLEAVAGE FURROW?
A cell has reached 55 cell cycles and is ready to die.
what is APOPTOSIS?
An organelle found in animal cells important for cell division.
what is CENTRIOLES?
The part of interphase where organelles are duplicated.
what is the G2 PHASE?
Sister chromatids separate and move to opposite sides of the cell in this phase.
Plant cells form this structure between the two new cells during cytokinesis.
what is a CELL PLATE?
This term describes a mass of abnormal cells that can form.
what is a TUMOR?
This structure attaches to chromosomes and helps pull them apart during mitosis.
what are SPINDLE FIBRES?
This helps control when a cell moves from one phase of the cell cycle to the next.
what is CHECKPOINTS?
In this stage, chromosomes unravel.
what is TELOPHASE?
In plant cells, vesicles carry ______ to help the two cells separate.
what is CELLULOSE?
A type of drug that targets all dividing cells in the body.
what is CHEMOTHERAPY?
A duplicated chromosome is also referred to as...
what is SISTER CHROMATIDS?
A cell that never divides remains in this phase.
what is G0 PHASE?
what is PROPHASE?
The resulting two cells after cytokinesis are ______________________ to the parent cell.
what is GENETICALLY IDENTICAL
This happens when cancer cells spread to other parts of the body.
what is METASTASIS?