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nounone of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosistype of:
Definition that contains centriole
- central body small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
- centrosome small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules