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Anaphase II spindle

Anaphase II spindle

TEM of the anaphase II spindle in a stage 1a embyro in vitro, 2 hours post-insemination (original magnification x11,130). The wide spindle shows sets of chromatin at each pole. The spindle microtubules end in the cytoplasm and dense material of the interbody (arrowhead) is forming at the spindle equator. The interbody determines the plane of cleavage of the second polar body. A few cortical granules (CG) are close to the surface of the embryo.

M = mitochondria
SS = subzonal space
S = vesicular smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Z = zona pellucida

From: Sathananthan, 1985. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, John Wiley & Sons.


Keywords: anaphase II, anaphase II spindle, chromatin, cortical granule(s), cytoplasm, equator of the spindle, interbody, microtubules, mitochondria, plane of cleavage, second polar body, spindle, stage 1a embryo, subzonal space, vesicular smooth endoplasmic reticulum, zona pellucida


Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.