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cancer
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disorder in which some of the body's cells lose the ability to control cell growth
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centrioles
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area from where the spindle fibers reach out to the sister chromatids of a chromosome
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centromere
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what holds the two sister chromatids together
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chemotherapy
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drugs used to kill cancer cells
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cyclin
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proteins that regulate the timing of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells
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spindle fibers
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microtubule structures that connect to the chromosomes at the centromere & help pull the chromatids to opposite ends of the cell
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surface area
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total area of a cell membrane ( l x w x # of sides)
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tumor
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mass of growing tissue that forms when a cell or group of cells grow & divide uncontrollably
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volume
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capacity of a cell (l x w x h)
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