What happens after mentaphase?

After metaphase, cells proceed to anaphase, where the sister chromatids are pulled apart toward opposite poles of the cell by the spindle fibers. This separation ensures that each new daughter cell will receive an identical set of chromosomes. Following anaphase, the cell enters telophase, where the chromosomes begin to de-condense, and nuclear envelopes reform around each set of chromosomes, ultimately leading to cytokinesis and the division of the cytoplasm.