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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus

Preferred term

Spindle Apparatus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apparatus, Meiotic Spindle
  • Apparatus, Mitotic Spindle
  • Meiotic Spindle Apparatus
  • Mitotic Spindle Apparatus
  • Spindle Apparatus, Meiotic

Note

  • coordinate with MITOSIS or MEIOSIS if pertinent

Scope note

  • A microtubule structure that forms during CELL DIVISION. It consists of two SPINDLE POLES, and sets of MICROTUBULES that may include the astral microtubules, the polar microtubules, and the kinetochore microtubules.

History note

  • 84

In other languages

  • sukkularihmasto

    Finnish

  • jakautumissukkula
  • mitoosisukkula
  • sukkula
  • sukkulajärjestelmä
  • tumasukkula
  • Kärnspole

    Swedish

  • Kärnspindel
  • Mitotiska apparaten

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008941

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