121-130 Vocab

________ are regions of the chromosome where 2 sister chromatids attach.

• centromere

• chromatid

• spindle

• centriole

One of the two identical sister parts of a duplicate chromosome is called a ____________

• centromere

• chromosome

• chromatid

• spindle

The fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis is called a ________________

• centromere

• chromatid

• spindle

• chromosome

A ______________________ is a threadlike structure of DNA and proteins that contains the genetic information

• centriole

• centromere

• chromatid

• chromosome

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

• interphase

• cell cycle

• cancer

• cytokinesis

The structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division is a _______________________

• mitosis

• centriole

• centromere

• spindle

______________ is the period of the cell cycle between cell divisions.

• mitosis

• cytokinesis

• cell cycle

• interphase

__________ is a series of events in which a cell grows and prepares for division and divides to form 2 daughter cells.

• Interphase

• cell cycle

• mitosis

• cancer

The division of the cytoplasm to form 2 separate daughter cells is called __________________________

• interphase

• cytokinesis

• mitosis

• cancer

____________ is the part of a eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides.

• cytokinesis

• interphase

• cell cycle

• mitosis