PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is crucial that the two major events of M phase-nuclear division (mitosis) and cytoplasmic division (cytokinesis)-occur in the correct sequence (see Figure 18-1).

Detailed explanation-2: -Mitosis and cytokinesis are the two processes that together constitute the M phase of the cell cycle. In mitosis, the nucleus divides through prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase; in cytokinesis, the rest of the cell splits in two and is sometimes also called “cytoplasmic division."

Detailed explanation-3: -The M Phase represents the phase when the actual cell division or mitosis occurs and the interphase represents the phase between two successive M phases.