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OCR: SPINDLE FIBERS "HE SPINDLE FIBERS inside cell are thin, hollow tubes that support the jellylike structure of the cell, like the skeleton supports the body Spindle fibers also transport materials through the cell to areas where they are needed They this by supporting fingerlike projections called cilia which waft substances along. Thirdly the spindle fibers form the apparatus that pulls chromosomes apart when a cell div ides. Chromosomes are the structures that transfer genetic information, which controls the cell's growth and development finger rlike projec tions tures grow