Question

what are Centrioles?

Answer 1

So just taken from here: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/centriol.htm

"The centrosome, also called the "microtubule organizing center", is an area in the cell where microtubles are produced. Within an animal cell centrosome there is a pair of small organelles, the centrioles, each made up of a ring of nine groups of microtubules."

If you want to see more mitosis info watch this: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter2/animation__mitosis_and_cytokinesis.html

Answer 2

Centrioles are a barrel shaped structure made of microtubules used for a number of functions, but most prominently in their formation of the mitotic spindle during mitosis, and is used in the completion of cytokinesis. They also have some structural applications, such as determining the position of the nucleus and other intercellular arrangements

Answer 3

Centrioles are small structures present above the nucleus of a cell. The play an important role in mitotic cell division.