Across
- 6. the division of a cell into two daughter cells with the same genetic material.
- 7. They serve as a repair system for the body.
- 10. the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.
- 11. the part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet.
- 12. a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides
Down
- 1. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
- 2. the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell.
- 3. the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.
- 4. the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle.
- 5. a type of cell division that results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus, typical of ordinary tissue growth.
- 8. a subcellular structure that has one or more specific jobs to perform in the cell
- 9. the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.