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Chpt 10
Ms. Litch
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Biology
10th Grade
09/10/2011

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Term
The larger a cell becomes, the more demands the cell places on its ___ In addition, a larger cell is less _____ in moving ____ amd _____ _____ across the cell membrane
Definition
DNA, effecient, nutrients, waste materials
Term
The production of _____ _____ offspring from a single parent is known as _______ -______
Definition
genetically identical, asexual reproduction
Term
Offspring produced by ______ ___ inherit some of their genetic information from each parent.
Definition
sexual reproduction,
Term
During the cell cycle, a cell ___, ____, and ______
Definition
grows, prepares for division, divides to form 2 daughter cells.
Term
During prophase, the ____ ____ inside the nucleus ____ and the duplicated ______ become visible. Outside the nucleus, a _____ starts tp form.
Definition
genetic materil, condeses, chromosomes, spindle
Term
During metaphase, the ______ of the duplicated _______ line up across the cemter of the cell. ____ ___ connect the _______ of each _____ to the two poles of the _______
Definition
centromeres, chromosomes, Spindle Fibers, centromere, chromosome, spindle
Term
During anaphase, the chromosomes ____ and _____ along ____ _____ to ____ ends of the cell.
Definition
seperate, move, spindle fibers, opposite
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During telophase, the chromosomes, which were ___ and ___, begin to spread out into a _____ of _____.
Definition
distinct, condensed, spread, tangle, chromatin.
Term
Cytokinesis completes the proces of cell division by doing what?
Definition
It splits one cell into 2
Term
phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes ones separet and move to opposite ends of the cell
Definition
anaphase
Term
process of reproduction involving a single parent that results in offsprong that are genetically identical to the parent
Definition
asexual reproduction
Term
series of events in which a cell grows, prepares, for division, and divides to form 2 daughter cells
Definition
cell cycle
Term
process by which a cell divides into 2 new daughter cells
Definition
cell division
Term
structure in an animal cell that helps to organize cell division
Definition
centriole
Term
region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
Definition
centromere
Term
one of the two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
Definition
chromatid
Term
substance found in eukaryotic chromosomes that consists of DNA tightly coiled around histones
Definition
chromatin
Term
threadlike structure of DNA and protein that contains genetic information; in eukaryotes, chromosomes are found in the nucleus, in prokaryotes, they are found in the cytoplasm
Definition
chromosome
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period of the cell cycle b/ cell devision
Definition
interphase
Term
phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
Definition
metaphase
Term
part of eukaryotic cell diision during which the cell nucleus divide
Definition
mitosis
Term
first and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
Definition
prophase
Term
type of reproduction in which cells from 2 parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
Definition
sexual reproduction
Term
phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin.
Definition
telophase
Term
What is the cell cycle controlled by?
Definition
regulatory proteins both inside and outside the cell.
Term
Cancer cells do not respond to the signals that _______________. As a result, the cells divide ____
Definition
regulate the growth of most cell, uncontrollably
Term
During the developement of an _____, cells ___ into many types of cells
Definition
organism, differentiate
Term
The _______ cells from which _______ cells develop are known as _____
Definition
unspecialized, differentiated, stem cells
Term
Stem cells offer the potential benefit of using _______ cells to ___ or ____ badly damaged ___ and tissues.
Definition
undifferentiated, repair, replace, cells, tissues
Term
Human ____ ___ ___ ____ is controversial because the arguments for it and against it both involve ethical issues of ___ and ___
Definition
embryonic stem cell research, life, death
Term
process of progammed cell death
Definition
apoptosis
Term
stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
Definition
blastocyst
Term
disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
Definition
cancer
Term
one of a family proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
Definition
cyclin
Term
process in which cells become specialized in structured and function
Definition
differentiation
Term
developing stage of a multicellular organism
Definition
embryo
Term
one if a group of external regulatory proteins that stimulate the growth and division of cells
Definition
growth factor
Term
cell with limitied potential to develop into many types of differentiated
Definition
multipotent
Term
cells that are capable of developing into most, but not allm of the body's cell types
Definition
pluripotent
Term
unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
Definition
stem cell
Term
cells tgat are able to develop into any type of of cell found in the body (including the cells that make up the extraembryonic membranes and placenta)
Definition
totipotent
Term
mass of rapidly dividing cells that can damage surrounding tissue
Definition
tumor
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