Chapter 12: Mitosis Flashcards
Cells make copies of themselves via what processes
Mitosis and Cytokinesis
what the cell copies are called
daughter cells
cell divison functions
reproduction
growth and development
tissue renewal
How long can a red blood cell live before it is replaced
4 months
How long can a white blood cell live before it is replaced
1 year
How long can a skin cell live before it is replaced
2-3 weeks
How long can a colon cell live before it is replaced
4 days
How long can a nerve cell in the brain live before it is replaced
our entire life and even longer
“body cells”
somatic
have the total
number of chromosomes of the adult
organism
somatic
“Sex cells”
germ
reproductive cells, have
half the total number of chromosomes of the
adult organism.
germ
long, thin DNA fiber and proteins (only found when cell is not replicating DNA
chromatin
condensed form of a DNA molecule with its attached proteins (observed under microscope during replication)
chromosome
Place where chromatids attach
centromere
how many chromosomes do humans have?
46
how many chromosomes do fruit flies have?
8
how do eukaryotic cells reproduce or copy?
mitosis
how do prokaryotic cells reproduce or copy?
binary fission
steps of binary fission
on notes
Longest part of the cycle; cell
increases mass, duplicates DNA. The cell can
stop in interphase if environmental conditions
deteriorate.
Interphase
what happens during interphase?
cell increases in mass
duplicates DNA
parts of Interphase
Gap 1 (G1)
DNA Synthesis (S)
Gap 2 (G2)
what does Gap 1 (G1) do
cell growth before DNA replication
what does Synthesis (S) do
DNA replication
what does Gap 2 (G2) do?
cell prepares for division
five parts of mitosis
- Prophase
- Prometaphase
- Metaphase
- Anaphase
- Telophase
what happens in prophase?
- Chromosomes begin condensing and become
visible - The nucleoli disappear
- microtubules begin to form and become visible
and Extend from each replicated centrosome
what happens in prometaphase?
- The nuclear envelope begins to break down
- Some microtubules attach to the kinetochore
- Some microtubules attach to each other from
opposite poles within the cell and extend and force the cell to enlarge
A 3-layer protein structure (disk) that is located at
or near the centromere of each chromosome
kinetochore