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Cell Division: Essential for body growth and tissue repair
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Cell Life Cycle: series of changes a cell undergoes from the time it forms until it reproduces itself, divided into 2 major periods
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Cytokeniesis: "Cells moving apart"begins during anaphase and completes after mitosis ends, ring of contractile actin and myosin filaments in the center of original cell constricts to pinch cell in two, two new daughter cells then enter interphase
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G1/Gap1: first part of interphase, cells are metabollically active, make proteins rapidly, and grow vigorously, most variable phase, lasts several hours to days, at end of G1 centrioles start to replicate in preparation for cell division
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G2/Gap 2: brief, enzymes needed for cell division synthesized, centrioles finish copying themselves, cell is ready to divide
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Interphase: Time of carrying on life sustaining activities, as well as preparing for next cell divison
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Mitosis: "stage of threads", 4 consecutive stages, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase-continuity makes each phase seamless, mitosis typically lasts 2 hours
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Mitotic Phase: Cells Divide in the mitotic phase in two distinct events, mitosis and cytokinesis
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S Stage/Synthetic: DNA replicates itself, ensuring 2 daughter cells will recieve identical copies of genetic material