CENTRIOLE

Centriole under a light microscope

Centriole diagram

CENTRIOLE STRUCTURE

• Cylindrical shaped
• Made up of groups of microcells
• Arranged at right angles from each other

CENTRIOLE FUNCTION

• Plays major role in cell division
• Certain animal cells and plant cells dont need a centriole
• Absence of centrioles can cause divisional errors
• They're cell refinement which makes mitosis efficent and less error prone

DISCOVERY

• Contributes to many human diseases
• Discovered by Edouard Van Beneden in 1833
• Later described and names by Theodor Boveri in 1888

PLANT, ANIMAL, OR BOTH?

• There found in only animals plant cells can divide without it