fourthyearmed Senior Member 5+ Year Member. Yes, 3rd year is long, hard, a lot of work, and has tests but I still enjoyed it so much more than the HELL that was 1st and 2nd years. 3rd year involves interaction not just with patients but with other people in the medical field besides your classmates.
Mitotic spindle. Definition. noun. The collective term for all the spindle fibers that form during mitosis. It is a spindle-shaped structure that develops outside the nucleus during mitosis. The fibers that constitute the mitotic spindle pull the chromatids apart toward opposite poles.Supplement.lease contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page. This page was last modified on 31 May 2009, at 09:30.This page has been accessed 96,291 times. What links here | Related changes | Permanent link.
spindle fibers A collection of microtubules attached to a centromere during mitosis and meiosis that are responsible for the movement of the chromosomes to opposite poles. Spindle fibers align the chromosomes along the middle of the cell nucleus. The protein fibers formed during prophase of nuclear division; chromosomes attach to these fibers at the centromere. spindle The aggregation of microtubules that is involved in the movement and separation of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis.