Mitosis Vocabulary Flashcards
Cell Cycle
When the cell in a organism go through a cycle of growth development and division
Mitosis
the process by with a parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells
Interphase
The tage of the cell cycle between perdios of mitotos in whitch 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
Anaphases
The third phase of mitosis during which each chromosomes in pulled apart by spindle fibers and the resulting daughter chromosomes are pulled apart into opposite parts of the cell
Telophase
The Fourth and final phase of mitosis during which a nuclear membrane forms around chromosomes on opposite sides of the cell and the chromosomes become unwound DNA in a newly formed nucleus
Cytokinesis
A stage of the cell cycle during which the cell membrane pinched in and the cytoplasm divides into two daughters cells after mitosis
Centriole
An organelle found near the nucleus in animal cells that forms the spindle fibers the at pull chromosomes apart during mitosis
Chromosomes
The part of a cell that contains genes
Dna
The chemical found in cells that is the main component of chromosomes and carries genetic information
Centromere
A structure that holds the sister chromatids together
Sister Chromatids
Two identical chromatids that make up a duplicated chromosomes
Daughters cell
The result of the cells cycle where two genetically identical cells are form
