Cell Division vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Chromosomes two chromosomes, one of paternal origin, the other of maternal origin, that are identical in appearance and pair during meiosis
  2. 3. a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half
  3. 9. original amount of genetic information
  4. 10. masses of cells
  5. 11. homologous chromosomes exchange segments, producing combinations of
  6. 13. proteins secreted by body cells that stimulate other cells to divide
  7. 14. have half the normal number of chromosomes
  8. 15. process by which cytosol, organelles, and cell membrane are physically divided
  9. 18. If the tumor is encapsulated by other tissue and does not spread
Down
  1. 1. of DNA
  2. 3. If part of the tumor is able to break free and spread through the circulatory system of the body to other places to divide
  3. 4. non-reproductive cells, divide through the process of mitosis
  4. 5. a part of the cell cycle in which chromosomes in a cell nucleus are separated into
  5. 6. Cancer cells disregard these normal controls and grow and divide uncontrollably,
  6. 7. thread-like structures located inside the nucleus made of protein and a single
  7. 8. contain a full set of 46 chromosomes
  8. 12. reproductive cells, undergo mitosis then utilize a second process called meiosis
  9. 16. identical sets of chromosomes, and each set ends up in its own nucleus
  10. 17. unique to those of the original stem cell