AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Long protein fibers called microtubules extend from the centrioles in all possible directions, forming what is called a spindle. Some of the microtubules attach the poles to the chromosomes by connecting to protein complexes called kinetochores.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spindle fibres constitute mitotic and meiotic spindle during cell division. They are formed by microtubules and play an important role during nuclear division. They are responsible for the segregation of sister chromatids and movement of chromosomes during mitotic and meiotic division.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kinetochore microtubules attach the chromosomes to the spindle pole; interpolar microtubules extend from the spindle pole across the equator, almost to the opposite spindle pole; and astral microtubules extend from the spindle pole to the cell membrane.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spindle fibers from one side of the cell attach to one of the sister chromatids. The spindle fibers from the other side of the cell attach to the other sister chromatids in the chromosome. They attach at a point called the kinetochore, which is a disk or protein that is on each side of the centromere.

Detailed explanation-5: -Centrioles begin moving to opposite ends of the cell, and microtubules extend from the centrioles and begin to attach to the centromeres of chromosomes. Eventually, the microtubules extending from centrioles on opposite poles of the cell attach to every centromere and develop into spindle fibers.