Cancer, Cell Division questions with
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Cancer ✅✅A growth or tumor caused by uncontrolled cell division.
Tumor ✅✅Mass of cells that continue to grow and divide uncontrollably
Benign Tumor ✅✅A tumor that will not spread cancer to other parts of the body.
Malignant Tumor ✅✅A tumor that has the potential of spreading to other parts of the
body
Metastasis ✅✅The spread of cancer from the first tumor to other places in the body
Mammogram ✅✅X-ray examination of the breast, a screening test for cancer.
Biopsy ✅✅Removal of a sample of body tissue for examination
Cancer Treatments ✅✅Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation, Biophotonics
Carcinogen ✅✅Environmental factors that cause cancer
G1 Checkpoint ✅✅A point on G1 that decides whether the cell will continue to grow
or stop growing (G0)
G0 Phase ✅✅A stage outside the cell cycle where the cell stops growing and does
not undergo mitosis
HPV ✅✅HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
Causes warts on the skin, may cause cervical cancer
G2 checkpoint ✅✅asses if DNA replication has occured, go ahead signal triggers
mitosis
Interphase ✅✅A period between two mitotic or meiotic divisions during which the cell
grows, copies its DNA, and synthesizes proteins
Prophase ✅✅Chromosomes become visible, nuclear envelope dissolves, spindle
forms
Metaphase ✅✅Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Anaphase ✅✅Chromatids are pulled apart toward the poles
answers
Cancer ✅✅A growth or tumor caused by uncontrolled cell division.
Tumor ✅✅Mass of cells that continue to grow and divide uncontrollably
Benign Tumor ✅✅A tumor that will not spread cancer to other parts of the body.
Malignant Tumor ✅✅A tumor that has the potential of spreading to other parts of the
body
Metastasis ✅✅The spread of cancer from the first tumor to other places in the body
Mammogram ✅✅X-ray examination of the breast, a screening test for cancer.
Biopsy ✅✅Removal of a sample of body tissue for examination
Cancer Treatments ✅✅Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation, Biophotonics
Carcinogen ✅✅Environmental factors that cause cancer
G1 Checkpoint ✅✅A point on G1 that decides whether the cell will continue to grow
or stop growing (G0)
G0 Phase ✅✅A stage outside the cell cycle where the cell stops growing and does
not undergo mitosis
HPV ✅✅HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)
Causes warts on the skin, may cause cervical cancer
G2 checkpoint ✅✅asses if DNA replication has occured, go ahead signal triggers
mitosis
Interphase ✅✅A period between two mitotic or meiotic divisions during which the cell
grows, copies its DNA, and synthesizes proteins
Prophase ✅✅Chromosomes become visible, nuclear envelope dissolves, spindle
forms
Metaphase ✅✅Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Anaphase ✅✅Chromatids are pulled apart toward the poles
