Mitosis

Scientists use tissue cultures to study possible medicines that can be used to treat cancer patients. What is one benefit of this procedure?

Patients do not receive harmful or ineffective medication.

What would happen to skin cells if mitosis did not take place?

Skin cells would die and not be replaced.

Centromeres split apart during .

anaphase

Which are replicated during interphase? Mitosis

chromosomes

After chromosomes are formed, during which phase of mitosis do the chromosomes attach to the spindle fibers by their centromeres?

metaphase

Mitosis is divided into phases. Which phase of mitosis is shown in the diagram?

metaphase

During which phase of mitosis do the nuclear membrane, nucleolus, and nucleus dissolve?

prophase

In which phase of mitosis are chromosomes first seen as a result of chromatin coiling?

prophase

Early in mitosis, the nucleus, nucleolus, and nuclear envelope begin to dissolve in preparation for cell division. In which stage of the cell cycle is this process reversed?

telophase

Which is the end result of cytokinesis from a cell undergoing mitosis?

two cells that have two identical copies of DNA

In which of these stages is mitosis most important?

A tiger cub begins to grow.

Which statement accurately describes the relationship between cytokinesis and mitosis?

Cytokinesis occurs during mitosis.

Which statement best describes cancer cells?

They are not regulated by contact inhibition.

An example of mitosis at work is a plant root

elongating.

An example of mitosis at work is a leaf

growing

Which best describes the importance of mitosis to living organisms?

growth and development