Unit 3 Vocab

3. First and longest phase of mitosis
4. One of a family of proteins that regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
9. The first gap, or growth phase and creation of new organelles
10. One of two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome
12. Second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell
14. Third phase of mitosis, chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles
18. The second growth phase of the cell cycle,
19. Cells that do not contain nuclei, reproduce asexually and use haploid cells
20. Division of the nucleus, divided into four phases

1. Disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control growth
2. A mass of abnormal cells that remains at the site of origin
5. A threadlike structure that carries genetic information
6. An abnormal tissue mass that can spread into neighboring tissue and other parts of the body
7. A mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably
8. The synthesis phase of the cell cycle
10. Series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide
11. Phase of mitosis when two nuclear envelopes form and the nucleolus becomes visible
13. Granular material visible within the nucleus
15. In between period of the cell cycle between cell divisions
16. for m phase
17. Division of the cytoplasm to form two separate daughter cells