Cell Division and Mitosis Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: cytokinesis : the cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis that leads to separation into two daughter cells, cancer : a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body, anaphase : the stage of meiotic or mitotic cell division in which the chromosomes move away from one another to opposite poles of the spindle, cell _ division : a parent cell divides and makes more cells, mitosis : 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, checkpoint : a stage in the eukaryotic cell cycle at which the cell examines internal and external cues and "decides" whether or not to move forward with division, centromere : the place where sister chromatids join, microtubules : a microscopic tubular structure present in numbers in the cytoplasm of cells, sometimes aggregating to form more complex structures, dna : a nucleic acid that contains the genetic information for cell growth division and function, prophase : the first stage of cell division, before metaphase, during which the chromosomes become visible as paired chromatids and the nuclear envelope disappears, telophase : the final phase of cell division, between anaphase and interphase, in which the chromatids or chromosomes move to opposite ends of the cell and two nuclei are formed, sister _ chromatids : identical strands joined by a kinetochore when a chromosome duplicates during the s cycle of the cell cycle, interphase : the resting phase between successive mitotic divisions of a cell, or between the first and second divisions of meiosis, metaphase : the second stage of cell division, between prophase and anaphase, during which the chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers, kinetochore : a protein that is at the centromeric center of a chromosome during mitosis, chromosomes : thread-like structures in the nucleus of a cell that contains the dna