unit 5 vocab
Across
- 2. --agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans
- 5. a fertilized egg
- 6. --one of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
- 7. first and longest phase of mitosis in which the genetic material inside the nucleus condenses and the chromosomes become visible
- 10. --period of the cell cycle between cell divisions in which the cell grows
- 13. --one of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
- 15. --phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to opposite ends of the cell
- 17. –developing stage of a multicellular organism
- 19. --series of events in which a cell grows, prepares for division, and divides to form two daughter cells
- 20. –cells that are able to develop into any type of cell found in the body (including the cells that make up the extraembryonic membranes and placenta)
- 21. --process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
- 22. --any change in the DNA sequence
- 23. --disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
- 24. phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
- 25. --division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells
Down
- 1. --type of reproduction in which cells from two parents unite to form the first cell of a new organism
- 3. --the treatment of disease, especially cancer, using X-rays or similar forms of radiation.
- 4. type of reproduction in which one parent cell produces two identical offspring (daughter cells)
- 8. stage of early development in mammals that consists of a hollow ball of cells
- 9. –unspecialized cell that can give rise to one or more types of specialized cells
- 11. --phase of mitosis in which the distinct individual chromosomes begin to spread out into a tangle of chromatin
- 12. --region of a chromosome where the two sister chromatids attach
- 14. drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body
- 16. the process of programmed cell death
- 18. --the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer