McGraw Hill AP Biology 8th edition, Sylvia S. Mader. 40 vocab
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| 107539286 | Anaphase | Mitotic phase during which daughter chromosomes move toward the poles of the spindle | 0 | |
| 107539287 | Angiogenesis | Formation of new blood vessels; one mechanism by which cancer spreads | 1 | |
| 107539288 | Apoptosis | Programmed cell death involving a cascade of specific cellular events leading to death and destruction of the cells | 2 | |
| 107539289 | Asexual reproduction | Reproduction that requires only one parent and does not and does not involve gametes | 3 | |
| 107539290 | Aster | Short, radiating fibers produced by the centosomes in animal cells | 4 | |
| 107539291 | Binary Fission | Splitting of a parent cell into two daughter cells; serves as an asexual form of reproduction in bacteria | 5 | |
| 107539292 | Cancer | Malignant tumor whose nondiffentiated cells exhibit loss of contact inhibition | 6 | |
| 107539293 | Carcinogenesis | Development of Cancer | 7 | |
| 107539294 | Cell Cycle | Repeating sequence of events in eukaryotes that involves cell growth and nuclear division; consists of the stages G1 and M | 8 | |
| 107539295 | Cell Plate | Structure across a dividing plant cell that signals the location of new plasma membranes and cell walls | 9 | |
| 107539296 | Centriole | Cell organelle, existing in pairs, that occurs in the centosome and may help organize a mitotic spindle for chromosome movement during animal cell division | 10 | |
| 107539297 | Centromere | Constriction where sister chromatids of a chromosome are held together | 11 | |
| 107539298 | Centrosome | Central microtubule organizing centor of cells. In animal cells, it contains two centrioles | 12 | |
| 107539299 | Chromatin | Network of fibrils consisting of DNA and associated proteins observed within a nucleus that is not dividing | 13 | |
| 107539300 | Cyclin | Protein that cycles in quantity as the cell cycle progresses; combines with and activates the kinases that function to promote the events of the cycle. | 14 | |
| 107539301 | Cytokinesis | Division of the cytoplasm following mitosis and meiosis | 15 | |
| 107539302 | Diploid (2n) number | Cell condition in which two of each type of chromosome are present | 16 | |
| 107539303 | Haploid (n) number | Cell condition in which only one of each type of chromosome is present | 17 | |
| 107539304 | Interphase | Stages of the cell cycle (G1,S, G2) during which growth and DNA synthesis occur when the nucleus is not actively dividing | 18 | |
| 107539305 | Kinetochore | Disk-shaped structure within the centomere of a chromosome to which spindle microtubules become attached | 19 | |
| 107539306 | Leukemia | Cancer of the blood-forming tissues leading to the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells | 20 | |
| 107539307 | Metaphase | Mitotic phase during which chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate | 21 | |
| 107539308 | Metaphase Plate | A disk formed during metaphase in which all of a cell's chromosomes lie in a single plane at right angles to the spindle fibers | 22 | |
| 107539309 | Metastasis | Spread of cancer form the place of origin throughout the body; caused by the ability of cancer cells to migrate and invade tissues | 23 | |
| 107539310 | Mitosis | Process in which a parent nucleus produces two daughter nuclei, each having the same number and kinds of chromosomes as the parent nucleus | 24 | |
| 107539311 | Nucleoid | Region of prokaryotic where DNA is located; it is not | 25 | |
| 107539312 | Oncogene | Gene-causing gene | 26 | |
| 107539313 | Gene | Unit of heredity existing as alleles on the chromosomes; in diploid organisms, typically two alleles are inherited - one from each parent | 27 | |
| 107539314 | P53 Gene | For control for cell division the p5 gene halts the cell cycle when DNA mutates and is in need of repair | 28 | |
| 107539315 | Prometaphase | Mitotic phase during which the spindle is in process of forming, and kietochores of chromosomea are attaching to kinetochore spindle fibers. | 29 | |
| 107539316 | Prophase | Mitotic phase during which chromatin condenses so that chromosomes appear; chromosomes are scattered | 30 | |
| 107539317 | Proto-oncogene | Normal gene that can become an oncogene through mutation | 31 | |
| 107539318 | Sister chromatid | One of two genetically identical chromosomal units that are the result of DNA replication and are attached to each other at the centromere | 32 | |
| 107539319 | Somatic Cells | Body Cell; Excludes cells that undergo meiosis and become sperm or egg | 33 | |
| 107539320 | Somatic System | Portion of the peripheral nervous system containing motor neurons that controls skeletal muscles | 34 | |
| 107539321 | Spindle | Microtubule structure that brings about chromosomal movement during nuclear division | 35 | |
| 107539322 | Telomere | Tip of the end of a chromosome that shortens with each cell division and may thereby regulate the number of times a cell can divide | 36 | |
| 107539323 | Telophase | Mitotic phase during which daughter cells are located at each pole | 37 | |
| 107539324 | Tumor | Cells derived from a single mutated cell that has repeatedly undergone cell division; benign tumors remain at the site of origin, while malignant tumors metastasize. | 38 | |
| 107539325 | Tumor-suppressor gene | Gene that codes for a protein that ordinarily suppresses cell division; inactivity can lead to a tumor | 39 |
