Week 5 Vocabulary Terms

SPINDLE FIBER

• the division of the cell cytoplasm, usually follows mitosis

• a protein structure that is chiefly involved in moving and separating the chromosomes during nuclear division

• one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cell near the nuclear envelope; involved in the mitotic division of an animal cell

• the sequence of stages through which a cell passes between one cell division and the next

ANAPHASE

• the first phase of mitosis, DNA molecules condense into chromosomes

• the second phase of mitosis, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

• the third phase of mitosis, chromosomes separate and begin to move to opposite sides of the cell

• the last phase of mitosis, the chromosomes arrive at opposite ends of the cell and the cell begins to divide

PROPHASE

• the second phase of mitosis, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

• the first phase of mitosis, DNA molecules condense into chromosomes

• the last phase of mitosis, the chromosomes arrive at opposite ends of the cell and the cell begins to divide

• the third phase of mitosis; chromosomes separate and begin to move to opposite sides of the cell

CELL CYCLE

• the sequence of stages through which a cell passes between one cell division and the next

• the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life; (G1, S, G2)

• the division of the cell cytoplasm, usually follows mitosis

• threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next

CENTRIOLE

• threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next

• a protein structure that is chiefly involved in moving and separating the chromosomes during nuclear division

• one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cell near the nuclear envelope; involved in the mitotic division of an animal cell

• the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life; (G1, S, G2)

INTERPHASE

• the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life; (G1, S, G2)

• the sequence of stages through which a cell passes between one cell division and the next

• threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next

• one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cell near the nuclear envelope; involved in the mitotic division of an animal cell

CHROMOSOME

• the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life; (G1, S, G2)

• a protein structure that is chiefly involved in moving and separating the chromosomes during nuclear division

• one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cell near the nuclear envelope; involved in the mitotic division of an animal cell

• threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next

METAPHASE

• the first phase of mitosis, DNA molecules condense into chromosomes

• the second phase of mitosis, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

• the third phase of mitosis, chromosomes separate and begin to move to opposite sides of the cell

• the last phase of mitosis, the chromosomes arrive at opposite ends of the cell and the cell begins to divide

CYTOKINESIS

• threadlike structure within the nucleus containing the genetic information that is passed from one generation of cells to the next

• the last phase of mitosis, the chromosomes arrive at opposite ends of the cell and the cell begins to divide

• the division of the cell cytoplasm, usually follows mitosis

• one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cell near the nuclear envelope; involved in the mitotic division of an animal cell

TELOPHASE

• the first phase of mitosis, DNA molecules condense into chromosomes

• the second phase of mitosis, chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell

• the third phase of mitosis, chromosomes separate and begin to move to opposite sides of the cell

• the last phase of mitosis, the chromosomes arrive at opposite ends of the cell and the cell begins to divide