from each centriole pair, forms. Those microtubules that form the basket-like structure between the two centrioles and serve to organize chromosome movement during mitosis are called polar microtubules. The aster refers to the blindly ending microtubules radiating in the other directions.
Although the process of mitosis proceeds in an uninterrupted manner, it can be
conceptualized as having four stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
