Cell division

Interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis

The phase in which baby cells grow to full size and perform all functions as usual

The phase in which the nucleus and middle of cell split into two perfect copies, including chromosomes and DNA

Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

The phase in which the rest of the cell splits into two new ‘baby’ cells

Cancer is caused by a cell growing wrong and not being destroyed, then rapidly reproducing until it is too much for your body to handle on its own, which leads to the spread of it.

*Chromosomes coil up *nuclear membrane begins to disintegrate *Mitotic spindle begins to form

*Mitotic spindle captures all the chromosomes *Microtubules attach to said chromosomes *Chromosomes lined up in middle of cell

Microtubules from the miotic spindle start to pull the paired chromosomes apart, toward the poles of the miotic spindle

*Mitotic spindle has finished its job and disappears *Nuclear membrane + nucleus reappear around each set of chromosomes *Chromosomes begin to uncoil

Animal cells- cell membrane pinches in, equally dividing everything in half and into 2 new cells Plant cells- cell wall forms straight down the middle, dividing into two new cells

*The ‘baby’ cell grows in preparation for mitosis *All the DNA inside the nucleus is duplicated