Tinker Cell Division Test Study Guide

______ is a disease in which cells lose their ability to control their growth

Cancer

The sequence of events that occurs in a cell from one division to the next is called the ___ ______

Cell cycle

During ___ ________, the cytoplasm of a cell and it's organelles desperate into two new _______ _____

Cell division, daughter cells

What structure forms along the midline of a dividing plant cell?

Cell plate

One part of the Cell Theory states that all ____ come from preexisting ____

Cells, cells

The __________ is the region where centrioles are located during mitosis

Centrosome

Protein "cables" made of microtubules that extend from the poles of a cell to the centromeres of ______ are called __________

Chromatids, kinetochores

Chromosomes are rod-shaped structures made of ___ and ________

DNA, proteins

What structures separate chromatids in a dividing cell?

Spindle fibers

How many chromosomes are in daughter cells whose parent cells had 46 chromosomes?

46

Tumor cells that do not spread to other body tissues are called ______

Benign

Once a cell crosses the restriction point of ____, it almost always completes the rest of the cell cycle

G1

During the G1 phase, the cell ______, And during S phase it synthesizes new ___ and ________

Grows, DNA, histones

_______ and _______ regulators control when cells should begin or stop dividing

Internal, external

Collectively, the time spent in G1+S+G2 is called _________

Interphase

The time between cell division is called_____

Interphase

The term _________ is used to describe cancerous cells that spread to organs through the bloodstream

Malignant

During ______, chromatids line up along the equatorial plate of the cell

Metaphase

The _______ is the organelle that contains chromosomes

Nucleus

Chromosomes coil up into short, condensed rods during _______

Prophase

Spindle fibers become organized and attach to chromosomes during _____ of mitosis.

Prophase

The rate at which materials are exchanged between a cell and its external environment is dependent upon the ______ area of the ___ ______

Surface, cell membrane

During ________, Nucleolus become visible in each nucleus

Telophase

After a nuclear membrane forms during ______ of mitosis, the _______ divides.

Telophase, cytoplasm

As a cell increases in size, it's _______ increased more rapidly than its _______ ____

Volume, surface area