B2: Cell Division

• Mitosis


  Division of cells

  
• Interphase


  DNA replicates

  
• Prophase


  Chromosomes condense

  
• Metaphase


  Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell and spindle forms

  
• Anaphase


  The spindles pull the chromatids apart

  
• Telophase


  The single-stranded chromosomes reach opposite ends of the cell

  
• Cytokinesis


  The cell splits into two daughter cells

  
• Chromosomes


  Carries the DNA that contain instructions for making new cells and all of the tissues and organs needed to make an entire new organ

  
• DNA


  Stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, made up of strands of genes and are found in chromosomes

  
• Gene


  A small packet of information that contains a characteristic or part of characteristic, of your body

  
• Stem cells


  undifferentiated cells that can divide and can develop into any one of the body's different cell types