| A | B |
|---|
| mitosis | cell division producing 2 identical diploid cells |
| chromosomes | DNA plus protein; coiled DNA, forms when cell division begins divion begins |
| chromatin | uncoiled DNA, found during interphase |
| chromatid | one copy of the chromosome |
| centromere | holds chromatids together |
| centriole | forms spindle fibers used to manipulatye the chromosomnes around the cell during cell division |
| spindle fibers | "threads"of protein which attach to centromeres and move chromosomes during the stages of mitosis |
| interphase | cell not dividing; period of metabolic activity and growth in cell |
| prophase | nuclear membrane disintegrates and chromosomes visible |
| metaphase | spindle fibers move chromosomes along equator or center of cell with a chromatid on either side of the equator |
| anaphase | chromatids pulled to the poles or ends of the cells |
| telophase | furrow forms to split cell |
| furrow | ridge which form around the cell to split it into w cells |
| daughter cells | 2 identical cells that form at the end of cell division |
| cell cycle | interphase, mitosis, cytokinesis |
