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nouna microscopically small tubuletype of:
Definition that contains microtubule
- central body small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
- cytoskeleton a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
- centriole 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
- centrosome small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules