Ch 7 pt 3 Flashcards
1
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Continuous
A
Doesn’t stop. Examples are size and height
2
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Discrete
A
opposite of continuous. Examples boy or girl. 1,2,3,4
3
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Centrosome
A
Microtubule organizing center
4
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Nuclear envelope
A
surrounds the nucleus of a cell
5
Q
Aster
A
A radial array of short microtubules extending from each centrosome
6
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Kinetochore microtubule
A
proteins tubules associated with the kinetochore
7
Q
Metaphase plate
A
an imaginary structure at the midway point between the spindle structure’s two poles.
8
Q
Spindle
A
a structure made of microtubules that control chromosomes movement during mitosis
9
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Cleavage
A
a process in animal cells during which cytokinesis occurs.
10
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Binary Fission
A
Prokaryotes reproduce when the chromosomes replicate and the two daughter chromosomes actively move apart.
