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ch. 10 vocab part b
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anaphase | third phase, the centromeres join the sister chromatids to split allowing them to become individual chromosomes. |
| Telophase | the fourth phase, when the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material |
| Spindle fibers | fanlike microtubule structure that helps seperate the chromosomes. |
| Cytokinesis | the division of the cytoplasm itself, it usually occurs at the same time as telophase. The remains of the M phase. |
| Metaphase plate/equator | the center of the cell where the chromosomes line up, during mantphase. |
| Cell plate | forms midway between the divided nuclei |
| Cyclins | One of a family of closely related proteins that regrulate the cell cycle in living things. |
| Internal Regulators | Proteins that respond to events inside the cell. Also they allow the cell cycle to proceed only when certain processes have happened in the cell. |
| External Regulators | Proteins that respond to events outside the cell. Also they direct cells to speed up or slow down the cell cycle. |
| Cancer | a disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth. |