The regular sequence of growth & division that cells undergo.
Cell Cycle
The stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs; the cell grows, copies its DNA & prepares to divide.
Interphase
The process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus.
Replication
The stage of the cell cycle during which the cell's nucleus divides into 2 new nuclei & 1 copy of the DNA is distributed into each daughter cell.
Mitosis
A double rod of condensed chromatin; contains DNA that carries genetic information .
Chromosome
One of the identical rods of a chromosome.
Chromatid
The final stage in the cell cycle, in which the cell's ctyoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the 2 new cells.
Cytokinesis
A disease in which the body cells grow & divide uncontrollably, damaging the parts of the body around them.
Cancer
A change in a gene or chromosome.
Mutation
A mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide & grow uncontrollably.
Tumor
first phase of mitosis in which chromosomes become visible and nuclear membraine disappears
prophase
the third part of mitosis, during which the chromosome paris separate and move towards opposites poles
anapahse
area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached
centromere
material inside the cell membrane-not including the nucleus
cytopalsm
4th and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material
telopahse
deoxyribonucleic acid, the material that contains the information that determines inherited characteristics
DNA