centriole meaning
Noun: centriole 'sentree`ówl
- One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis
Derived forms: centrioles
Type of: cell organ, cell organelle, organelle
Encyclopedia: Centriole
[Medicine]
Self-replicating,short,fibrous,rod-shaped organelles. Each centriole is a short cylinder containing nine pairs of peripheral microtubules,arranged so as to form the wall of the cylinder. n : one of a pair of cellular organelles that occur esp. in animals, are adjacent to the nucleus, function in the formation of the spindle apparatus during cell division, and consist of a cylinder with nine microtubules arranged peripherally in a circle
Examples
More: Next- every animal cell(but not plant cells)contains a pair of centrioles.
- the scientific name is poor-signed ( porcine ) reproductive and resprotory centriole ( respiratory syndrome)
- at the start of cell division, fibrils appear to radiate from the centrioles, forming starlike asters
- centriole a cell organelle consisting of two short tubular structures orientated at right angles to each other
- a small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus that contains the centrioles and serves to organize microtubules
