AP BIOLOGY

CELL DIVISION

THE CELL CYCLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the uncontrolled growth and division of cells.
A
Cancer
B
Apoptosis
C
Cytokinesis
D
Meiosis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cancer is a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer is caused by changes to DNA. Most cancer-causing DNA changes occur in sections of DNA called genes. These changes are also called genetic changes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of cells leading to phenotypic expression in many forms, from mild to life-threatening. Cancer can develop in many ways, either from DNA damage, a mutation in the DNA or any product of that DNA, or by loss of function of the regulatory and repressor systems in the cycle.[9]

Detailed explanation-3: -With increasing cell growth, cancer cells spread or infiltrate to involve other organs, displacing normal tissue and severely depleting nutrient and metabolic resources, which results in death either from cancer cachexia or from mechanical disruption of normal organ function.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cancer is basically a disease of uncontrolled cell division. Its development and progression are usually linked to a series of changes in the activity of cell cycle regulators.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cell division and metastasis As time passes, and the cells within the tumor continue to divide and often secrete proteases then break down the extracellular matrix at the boundary of the tissue. At this point, cancer can break free from the confines of the original tissue and infiltrate the surrounding tissue.

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