Chapter 12 - The Cell Cycle

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mature multicellular eukaryotes

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Chemotherapy

________ is used to treat known or suspected metastatic cancers, in which medicines that are harmful to actively proliferating cells are given through the circulatory system.

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Chemotherapy side effects

________ are caused by the medicines 'impact on normal cells, which divide regularly owing to the role of that cell type in the organism.

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Greek

The term chromosomes refer to the replication and distribution of so much DNA are manageable because the DNA molecules are packaged into structures, (from the ________ chroma, color, and soma, body), so named because they take up certain dyes used in microscopy.

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malignant tumor

A(n) ________, on the other hand, consists of cells that have undergone genetic and cellular changes that allow them to spread to new tissues and impair the functions of one or more organs; these cells are also sometimes referred to as transformed cells (though usage of this term is generally restricted to cells in culture), as shown in the image attached.

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cancer

The term ________ refers to being defined as an individual who has a malignant tumor.

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prokaryotic cell divides

When a(n) ________, it is truly reproducing since the process results in the formation of a new creature (another cell)

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chromosomes

The termĀ ________ refer to the replication and distribution of so much DNA are manageable because the DNA molecules are packaged into structures

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