The centrosome was discovered by a Belgian scientist named Edouard Van Beneden in 1883 and was given the name by Theodor Boveri in 1888. Centrosomes are essentially a part of animal cells because in a plant cell, the function of centrosomes is performed by other cell organelles. Centrosomes help in regulating the cell cycle and are an integral part of cell division by mitosis. Centrosomes are made of centrioles and a surrounding pericentriolar material (PCM). The PCM is made up of proteins like tubulin, pericentrin and ninein. The two centrioles are located orthogonal to each other.
