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Study Strategy #5: Cell Cycle Song
To#the#tune#of#“When#I#Come#Around#2#Green#Day”
Cells%need%to%divide
To%make%another%cell
So%they%go%through%cell%division%and%it’s%split%in%three%parts
Interphase,%Mitosis,%Cytokinesis
The%first%phase%is%Interphase
And%the%cell%was%at%rest
Then%it%copies%all%the%chromosomes%–%human%cells%have%46
Split%into%pairs%gives%us%23
Now$the$cell$goes$through$Mitosis
Which$is$done$in$4$phases
When$the$cell$divides
The%first%phase%is%Prophase
Nuclear%membrane%then%dissolves
The%chromosomes%get%into%their%places%by%the%centrioles
Send%out%spindle%fibers%to%the%equator
We’re%now%in%Metaphase
Chromosomes%meet%in%the%middle
Travel%down%the%spindle%fibers,%meet%at%the%equator
Then%they%split%in%Anaphase%at%the%centromere
Cytoplasm$pulls$the$chroma9ds
Back$to$centrioles
Cells$start$dividing
Last%phase%is%Telophase
Where%the%cell%starts%to%tear
It%forms%a%cleavage,%then%it%Ightens%where%the%new%cell%can%begin
If%you%think%we’re%done%we’ve%sIll%got%one%more%stage
In%Cytokinesis
The%cell%finally%splits
Into%two%cells,%yeah%they’re%new%cells,%with%equal%chromosomes
As%were%in%the%first%cell,%called%the%parent%cells
No$9me$to$sing$this$song$again
Cause$we’re$back$in$Interphase
Before$the$cell$divides
Yay%for%cell%division
It%goes%on%in%your%body
It’s%done%in%a%cycle%to%replenish%old%cells
Yay%for%cell%division