โข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Centrioles are found only in animal cells, generally located near the nucleus. Centrioles occur in pairs. They are composed of nine sets of triplets, all arranged lengthwise, creating a cylindrical structure.
Not all cells contain centrioles, but most animal cells have them, and they are always composed of the same typical pattern: a cylinder formed by nine sets of triplets that, when cut in a transverse section (cross-section), looks like a pinwheel.
Besides playing a role in the formation of microtubules, centrioles become active during cell reproduction. During interphase, both pairs of centrioles are located just outside the nucleus, arranged at right angles to each other. As mitosis (or meiosis) begins, they move apart and organize the mitotic apparatus known as the spindle, which is composed of microtubules extending from pole to pole through the cellโs interior. It is along these microtubules that the chromosomes align at metaphase, then moving apart during the remaining stages of cell division. Toward the end of cell division (during telophase), the centrioles replicate, so each daughter cell, in turn, has two pairs of centrioles located just outside the nucleus.