Mitosis

Question 1

the phase in which the cell grows & carries out its usual activities

Answer 1

interphase

Question 2

cell division phase

Answer 2

mitotic phase

Question 3

DNA is copied during

Answer 3

interphase

Question 4

mitotic phase consists of 2 events:

Answer 4

mitosis and cytokinesis

Question 5

division of the cytoplasm

Answer 5

cytokinesis

Question 6

the two daughter nuclei are genetically

Answer 6

identical

Question 7

4 phases of mitosis

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prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Question 8

cytokinesis begins when

Answer 8

late anaphase

Question 9

3 types of cells that almost completely lose the ability to divide

Answer 9

neurons, skeletal muscle cells, cardiac muscle cells

Question 10

during interphase, DNA is in the form of

Answer 10

chromatin

Question 11

chromosomes are formed from the chromatin during

Answer 11

prophase

Question 12

sister chromatids are held together at the

Answer 12

centromere

Question 13

nucleoli disappear and centrisomes separate during

Answer 13

prophase

Question 14

centrisomes create a microtubule assemby called _______ during ________

Answer 14

the mitotic spindle; prophase

Question 15

microtubule arrays extending from the centrosome matrix

Answer 15

asters

Question 16

nuclear envelope breaks up during

Answer 16

prophase

Question 17

proteins that form at the centromere during prophase

Answer 17

kinteochores

Question 18

tubules extending from the kinetochores

Answer 18

kinetochore microtubules

Question 19

tubules not attached to any chromosome

Answer 19

nonkinetochore microtubules

Question 20

each end of the cell where the centrosomes begin the spindle

Answer 20

spindle pole

Question 21

the kinetochore microtubules start to pull on the chromosome from both poles during

Answer 21

prophase

Question 22

chromosomes cluster at the cell’s equator during

Answer 22

metaphase

Question 23

the imaginary plane midway between the poles

Answer 23

metaphase plate

Question 24

enzymes act to separate chromatids from each other during

Answer 24

metaphase

Question 25

shortest phase of mitosis

Answer 25

anaphase

Question 26

centromeres of the chromosomes split during

Answer 26

anaphase

Question 27

kinetochore microtubules pull each chromosome toward each pole during

Answer 27

anaphase

Question 28

microtubules slide past each other, lengthen, and push two poles apart during

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anaphase

Question 29

________ begins as soon as chromosomal movement stops

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telophase

Question 30

chromosomes unfoil & resume chromatin form during

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telophase

Question 31

a new nuclear envelope forms during

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telophase

Question 32

the spindle breaks down and disappears during

Answer 32

telophase

Question 33

during cytokinesis, a ________ _____ forms the cleavage _______.

Answer 33

contractile ring; furrow