Cell Cycle and Mitosis Vocabulary

the process of cell division including division of the nucleus

disorder caused when cells lose the ability to control growth and continue to divide

part of the cell cycle when the cell is not dividing

phase of the cell cycle where growth, organelle replication and day to day life of a cell occur

phase of the cell cycle where replication or synthesis of DNA and associated proteins happens before cells divide

phase of the cell cycle when cells undergo additional growth to prepare for cell division by making more organelles and cytoplasm

thread like structure within the nucleus containing genes. Made of DNA coiled around proteins

name given to "spaghetti-like" DNA when it is wound loosely around histones

half of a duplicated chromosome. One of two "sister" parts that makes half of the replicated chromosome which looks like an "X"

area where sister chromatids of a chromosome attach to each other

the name of the ends of a chromosome that are absent of genes

series of events cells go through including growth, DNA duplication, and eukaryotic cell division

when the chromosomes coil up and become visible, and the centrioles go to opposite sides of the cell

tiny microtubule structure located in the cytoplasm that helps create the spindle fibers

helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis. Fan shaped structure made of microtubules