Bio Chapter 10

process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells

part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides

division of the cytoplasm during the cell division

one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome

area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached

period of the cell cycle between cell divisions

series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide

first and longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus

one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelope

fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis

second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell

fourth and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material

the third phase of mitosis, during which the chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles

one of the family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells

disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth