EUKARYOTIC ORGANELLES
Centrioles	Chloroplasts	Cytoplasm	Cytoskeleton	Endoplasmic Reticulum
Golgi Apparatus	Mitochondria	Nucleus	Ribosomes	Vacuole

Centrioles

A centriole is one of two tiny barrel-shaped organelle located in the cytoplasm and near the nucleur membrane of most animal cells. The function of centrioles is to form spindle fibers used to separate chromosomes during cell division.

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