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Worksheets11.3 Regulating the Cell Cycle
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
A disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth.
Growth factor
Human growth hormone
Cancer
Tumor
Proteins that direct cells to either speed up or slow down the cell cycle.
Growth factor
Human growth hormone
Cancer
Tumor
What is the mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue called?
Growth factor
Human growth hormone
Cancer
Tumor
Apoptosis is
the process of programmed cell death
the process of programmed cell growth
the process of programmed cell birth
the process of programmed cell regulation
What does the family of proteins known as Cyclin regulate?
Mitosis
Meiosis
Cell Cycle
Interphase
Which type of tumor causes the most damage?
Malignant
Benign
Premalignant
What are internal and external regulators?
Metastatic
G1 Metaphase
Cyclins
What is the function of cyclins?
Cyclins are carbohydrates that regulate DNA replication during the mitosis phase of the cell cycle.
Cyclins are glycoproteins that repair DNA at the beginning of the cell cycle.
Cyclins are proteins that regulate when and how often a cell divides.
Which of the following is a type of protein that regulates the cell cycle?
actin
myosin
cyclin
pepsin
Non-cancerous tumors are called _____. Cancerous tumors are called _____.
metastatic ; malignant
malignant ; benign
benign ; malignant
benign ; metastatic
What is the term for the spreading of cancerous cells?
metastasis
carcinogenesis
angiogenesis
homeostasis
Cancer promoting substances are called:
Tumors
Carcinogens
Cyclins
Malignant
Cancer creates abnormal cells by disrupting...
the cell cycle
red blood cell formation
DNA replication
ATP synthesis
What is Apoptosis?
Programmed cell death
A phase of mitosis
A type of cancer
A carcinogen
What is a checkpoint in the cell cycle?
A check to see if the cell is ready to move on
A check to slow down mitosis
A check to see if the cell is performing mitosis or meiosis
A check to make sure the cell doesn't die
During the cell cycle checkpoints in the interphase, the cell checks for the following... (3)
The DNA is 100% correct and perfect.
The cell is growing correctly.
There are enough nutrients and resources for the cell to continue.
The cell is able to self-destruct.
Which type of cancer treatment works best when cancer has metastasized around the body?
Chemotherapy
Radiation Treatments
Hormones Treatments
Surgery
A diagnostic procedure that involves removing a tissue sample from a patient is called?
Biopsy
Lipotripsy
Pathogenesis
Oncology
What does Stage 2 Cancer mean?
A small mass that has not spread
Part of the mass might have spread to the lymph nodes
A larger mass that has spread beyond the local area where it started
It has spread to numerous other organ systems
Stage 4 cancer is:
Localized mass starting to spread into the lymph nodes
Mass that has not spread to other tissue
Mass that has spread well beyond its starting point
Locally advanced spread but not to other organs
