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Centrioles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Presence of centrioles: euk or prokaryotes? | Both of them |
| Presence of centrioles? Animals or plants | Animal cells |
| How many membranes centrioles have? | Zero. Centrioles are non-membranous organelles |
| Shape of centrioles | Rod shaped |
| How and where are the pairs of centrioles positioned | They are positioned at right angles to each other near one pole of the nucleus |
| Diameter of centrioles | 0.1 5–0.25 micro meter |
| Length of centrioles | 0.3–2 micro metres |
| What is the region where the centrioles lie and where it is in the cell | They live in a distinctly, staining region of the cytoplasm known as centrosphere |
| What is the centrosphere describe it | The region where the centrioles lie. It is a distinctly staining region of cytoplasm |
| What is a centrosome | Centrioles plus centrosphere |
| Structure of centrioles | Nine triplets of microtubules circularly arranged around a central axis |
| What are the main functions of centrioles | Give rise to microtubules/spindle fibres A.k.a. mitotic apparatus during cell division Basal bodies or kinetosome of Cilia and flagella |
| What is the function of mitotic apparatus during cell division | It helps in the distribution of chromosomes between the daughter cells |