A network of microtubules formed during prophase. Some microtubules attach to the centromeres of the chromosomes and help draw the chromosomes apart during anaphase. PICTURE

array of microtubules and associated proteins that forms between the opposite poles of a eukaryotic cell during mitosis and serves to move the duplicated chromosomes apart.

The spindle-shaped array of microtubules which hold the 46-chrosomes (23 pairs) during mitotic division.

Array of microtubules that forms during mitosis and physically separates duplicated chromosomes.

The mitotic spindle (a.k.a. the mitotic apparatus) is a structure of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton involved in mitosis and meiosis, often referred to as the meiotic spindle during meiosis. Its function is to segregate chromosomes during cell division (either mitosis or meiosis) to the daughter cells . It consists of a bundle of microtubules joined at the ends but spread out in the middle, vaguely ellipsoid in shape.