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... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome > Centrioles
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome > Centrioles
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome > Centrioles
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome > Centrioles
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome > Centrioles
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome > Centrioles

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Centrioles  

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Entry terms

  • Centriole

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 85(79); was see under ORGANOIDS 1979-84

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