MItosis Flashcards
Cell cycle
When cells in a organism go through a cycle of growth, development, and division.
Mitosis
The process by which a parent cell divdes into two idetical daughter cells.
Interphase
The stage of the cell cycle between periods of mitosis in which the cell grows.
Prophase
The first phase of mitosis during which chromosomes condense and the nuclear membrane starts to disappear.
Metaphase
The second phase of mitosis during which chromosomes line up along the center of the cell.
Anaphase
The thrid phase of mitois during which each chromeosome is pulled apart by spindle fibers and resulting daughter chromosomes are pulled to opposite sides of the cell.
Telophase
The fouth and final phase of mitosis during which a nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes on opposite sides of the cell and the chromosomes become unkown DNA in a newly started nucleus.
Cytokinesis
A stage of the cell cycle during which the cell membrane pinched in and the cytoplasm divides into the two daughter cellls after mitosis
Centriole
An organelle found near the nuclues in animal cells that forms the spindle fibers that pull chromosomes apart during mitosis.
Chromosome
The part of a cell the contains genes.
DNA
The chemical found in the cell that is the mian componet of chromosomes and carries gentic information
Centromere
A structure that holds the sister chromatids together.
Sister cromatids
Two identical chromatids that make up a duplicated chromosome.
Daughter cell
The result of cell cycle where two genetically identical cells are formed.
