Pre-AP Ch. 10
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fabiology on May 21, 2008
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Theodore's Biology, Biology Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cell division | the process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells |
| mitosis | part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides |
| cytokinesis | division of the cytoplasm during cell division |
| chromatid | one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome |
| centromere | area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached |
| interphase | period of the cell cycle between cell divisions |
| cell cycle | series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide. |
| prophase | longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite side of the nucleus |
| centriole | one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of an animal cell near the nuclear envlope |
| spindle | fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis |
| metaphase | 2nd stage of mitosis when chromosomes line up across center of cell and attach to a spindle fiber |
| anaphase | 3rd stage of mitosis during which the chromosomes separate and move toward opposite poles |
| telophase | 4th and final phase of mitosis during which the chormosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material |
| cyclin | one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells |
| cancer | disorder in which the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
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