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noun, plural: spindles. (1) A collection of minute fibers composed of microtubules, which are prominent during cell division, as mitotic spindle or mitotic apparatus''. (2) A specialized innervated muscle structure involved in the reflex action and in proprioception, as muscle spindle. (3) A species of a poisonous shrub or small tree of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making spindles used for spinning wool. (4) An EEG waveform that occurs during sleep, as sleep spindle.
Lesson Summary. The mitotic spindle is a structure composed of microtubules which segregates chromosomes into the daughter cells during mitosis. A microtubule is a rope-like component of the cytoskeleton. The centrosome is an organelle that serves as a microtubule organizing center during cell division.n astral microtubule is a short microtubule which emanates from the centrosome and serves to accurately position the mitotic spindle within the cell. A kinetochore microtubule is a microtubule which attaches to the kinetochore and positions the chromosomes during mitosis.