interphase
the cell's chromosomes duplicate, Chromosomes are not visible; chromosomes make a copy of itself (parent cell)
prophase
chromatid pairs are now visible and spindle fiber is beginning to form, Copies of chromosomes fasten together; nuclear membrane disappears
Metaphase
Chromatid pairs are lined up in the center of the cell, Chromosomes line up along the center
Anaphase
Chromosomes split apart and are pulled to opposite ends of cells
Telophase
The cytoplasm is beginning to separate, Chromosomes become hard to see; cells split and 2 new nuclear membranes form (two daughter cells)
Mitosis
process in which the nucleus divides to form two identical nuclei, cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
chromosome
structure in the nucleus that contains hereditary material, a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Centromere
In a duplicated chrosome, What is the thing that is the center? (connecting everything together), a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape