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MTOC = Micro Tubule Organizing Center: the point of origin of structured micro tubules

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What is the definition of centrosome?

In cell biology, the centrosome is an organelle that serves as the main microtubule organizing center (MTOC) of the animal cell as well as a regulator of cell-cycle progression.


In animal cells microtubules grow from which structure?

Microtubules grow from the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC), which is typically located near the cell nucleus. The MTOC serves as a major organizing site for the assembly of microtubules, providing the necessary environment for their formation and growth.


What organizes spindle fiber in plant cell?

Mtoc... Microtubule organizing center....


What are centrosomes also called?

Centrosomes are also called the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) because they play a key role in organizing microtubules in animal cells during cell division.


Do lysosomes initiate cell division in animal cell?

No, centrosomes initiate and regulate cell division in plants.In cell biology, the centrosomeis an organelle that serves as the main microtubule organizing center (MTOC) of the animal cell as well as a regulator of cell-cycleprogression.Lysosomes ,better known as Suicide bags,use enzymes to destroy the other damaged cell organelles.


What do microtubules radiate from?

Centrosome (centrum=center, soma=body) it lies near the nucleus helps maintain the shape of the cell & acts as tracks along which organelles can move Source: Bio Textbook Sylvia S. Mader


What have small cylindrical structures that contain microtubules?

The centrosome is an organelle that serves as the main microtubule organizing center (MTOC) of the eukaryotic cell.


How and where is a spindle formed?

Prophase IIThe spindle is formed under the direction of the microtubule organizing center (MTOC).In an animal cell, the MTOC is the centrosome, which contains two centrioles. In plant cells, it seems that the MTOC is the nuclear envelope. There is no centrosome or centriole in the cells of a plant.The spindle develops in the cytoplasm of a cell in prophase of either mitosis or meiosis. It is a barrel-shaped structure, made up of many spindle fibers, which are microtubules of the cytoskeleton. The two ends of the spindle taper towards points that are called the poles of the spindle, and these two points in the cytoplasm of the mother-cell will be the sites of formation of the daughter-nuclei in telophase.


What makes a nerve cell an animal cell?

the cell is a cell and an animal cell is an animal cell


Which cytoskeletal element radiates from the cell center?

Microtubules radiate from the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) located near the center of the cell. They play a key role in various cellular processes, including cell division and intracellular transport.


Are centrioles found in plants?

animal


What does the centrosome in a cell do?

The centrosome, aka, centrioles is only found in an animal cell and is not visible under a light microscope. The function of this organelle is to form the spindle (a stage in cell division) for cell division. (Meitosis/Meiosis). :)