星せい状じょう体たい

noun

aster (cell biology)

Technical term in cell biology for the star-shaped microtubule structure formed during mitosis.

• 細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつの際さい、星せい状じょう体たいが染せん色しょく体たいを両りょう極きょくに引ひっ張ぱる。

  During cell division, the aster pulls the chromosomes toward the poles.