What are the functions of centrioles?
One of the important functions that centrioles perform is the generation of cilia and flagella for cells. These are surface features that cells use for movement. The cells of higher plants have no centrioles because there’s no cell anywhere throughout their life cycles which makes cilia or flagella. A cell can make a spindle without centrioles, but it can’t make cilia or flagella. The description of the animal cell above points out that at least higher plants have no centrioles in their cells. There are also three kinds of structures found in plant cells and not in animal cells. The centrioles are a pair of structures composed of microtubules. The primary function of centrioles is to generate the cell’s cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton is a system of microtubules and microfilaments which runs all through the cell, particularly just under the plasma membrane. Microtubules and microfilaments are responsible for all kinds of movement functions. For example, the contractile part of a muscle
