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Mitosis Flash Cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mitosis (Ethan D) | Replaces damaged cells and counts as a healing and tissue repair. Also helps us not shrink and die. |
| Unicellular (Ethan D) | Having or consisting of a single cell unicellular microorganisms. |
| The cell cycle (Ethan D) | The period of time from one cell division to the next. |
| Prophase (Ethan D) | 1 of the phases of mitosis. (P.M.A.T) |
| Metaphase (Ethan D) | 1 of the phases of mitosis. (P.M.A.T) |
| Anaphase (Ethan D) | 1 of the phases of mitosis. (P.M.A.T) |
| Telophase (Ethan D) | 1 of the phases of mitosis. (P.M.A.T) |
| Centrioles (Ethan D) | Organelle near the nucleus that come in pairs involved in the development of spindle fibers in cell division. |
| Spindle fibers (Ethan D) | Form a protein structure that's involved in cell division. |
| Centromere (Ethan D) | Chromosome that holds together the two chromatids and counts as a point of attachment. |
| Equator (Ethan D) | Middle of cell that spindle fibers move chromosomes to during the metaphase. |
| Cytokinesis (Ethan D) | The physical process of cell division which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells. |