| 1 | cell division | | _____ | second phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes line up across the center of the cell" |
| 2 | mitosis | | _____ | area where the chromatids of a chromosome are attached |
| 3 | cytokinesis | | _____ | part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell nucleus divides |
| 4 | chromatid | | _____ | process by which a cell divides into two new daughter cells |
| 5 | centromere | | _____ | period of the cell cycle between cell divisions |
| 6 | interphase | | _____ | fourth and final phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes begin to disperse into a tangle of dense material" |
| 7 | cell cycle | | _____ | one of the two identical "sister" parts of a duplicated chromosome" |
| 8 | prophase | | _____ | series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide |
| 9 | centriole | | _____ | the third phase of mitosis, during which the chromosome pairs separate and move toward opposite poles" |
| 10 | spindle | | _____ | disorder in which some of the body's own cells lose the ability to control growth |
| 11 | metaphase | | _____ | one of two tiny structures located in the cytoplasm of animal cells near the nuclear envelop |
| 12 | anaphase | | _____ | first and longest phase of mitosis, during which the chromosomes become visible and the centrioles separate and take up positions on the opposite sides of the nucleus" |
| 13 | telophase | | _____ | division of cytoplasm during cell division |
| 14 | cyclin | | _____ | fanlike microtubule structure that helps separate the chromosomes during mitosis |
| 15 | cancer | | _____ | one of a family of closely related proteins that regulate the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells |