Mitosis Flashcards

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Cytokinesis

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Division of the cytoplasm during cell division

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Mitosis

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Part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides

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Chromatids

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One of the two identical sister parts of a duplicated chromosome

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Centromeres

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Area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached

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Interphase

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Period of the cell cycle between cell divisions

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Cell cycle

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Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

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Prophase

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First and longest phase if mitosis during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus

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Centrioles

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One of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope

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Spindle

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Fanlike micro tube structure that helps desperate the chromosome during mitosis

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Metaphase

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Second phase

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Anaphase

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Third phase

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Telophase

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Fourth and final stage

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Cell division

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Series of events cells go through as they grow and divide

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Cyclin

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One of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells

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Cancer

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Disorder in which some of the body’s own cells lose the ability to control growth

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