1. anaphase - the third phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes pairs separate and move toward opposite poles.
2. cancer - disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth.
3. cell cycle - series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide.
4. cell division - process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells.
5. centriole - one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope.
6. centromere - area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached.
7. chromatid - one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome.
8. cyclin - one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells.
9. cytokinesis - division of the cytoplasm during cell division.
10. interphase - period of the cell cycle between cell divisions.
11. metaphase - second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell.
12. mitosis - part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides.
13. prophase - first and longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus.
14. spindle - fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis.
15. telophase - fourth and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material.
2. cancer - disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth.
3. cell cycle - series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide.
4. cell division - process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells.
5. centriole - one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope.
6. centromere - area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached.
7. chromatid - one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome.
8. cyclin - one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells.
9. cytokinesis - division of the cytoplasm during cell division.
10. interphase - period of the cell cycle between cell divisions.
11. metaphase - second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell.
12. mitosis - part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides.
13. prophase - first and longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus.
14. spindle - fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis.
15. telophase - fourth and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material.