Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Directions: On the backside of your Cell Division
notes (orange handout), copy the cell division
vocabulary word down in the left column and
the prefix and suffix information highlighted in
purple in right column. Read the meaning of
the word and take note of the blue word(s)
in the definition.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Interphase
Prefix - Inter: between
Suffix - phase: stage
Meaning: the stage that
occurs in between cell
division.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Mitosis
Prefix - mit: thread
Suffix - osis: process
Meaning: the process in
cell division where the
nucleus divides into two
nuclei, each with an
identical set of (threadlike)
chromosomes.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Prophase
Prefix - pro: advance
Suffix - phase: stage
Meaning:
Chromatin condenses
(advance) into
chromosomes, nuclear
membrane disappears.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Metaphase
Prefix - meta: along with
Suffix - phase: stage
Meaning:
Chromosomes line up
across center of cell,
spindle fibers attach (along
with) to chromosomes.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Anaphase
Prefix - ana: up
Suffix - phase: stage
Meaning:
Chromosomes split (up),
each half is pulled to
opposite side of cell
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
telophase
Prefix - telo: final
Suffix - phase: stage
Meaning:
The final mitosis stage where
the cell becomes stretched out
as opposite ends pull apart.
Nuclear membrane begins to
form.
Cell division - Prefixes & Suffixes
Prefix - cyto: cell
cytokinesis
Suffix - kinesis: movement
Meaning: the shortest stage of
the cell cycle. The cytoplasm
and its organelles divide (move)
into two daughter cells. The
two cells have identical sets of
chromosomes.