III. Metaphase
In the next stage, metaphase, the cell's chromosomes are lined up along the center of the cell and spindles from each side of the cell are attached to the kinetochore, known as the center of the chromosome.
Figure 6. In this illustration of metaphase, the second stage of mitosis, the chromosomes represented by the orange X shapes, align in the metaphase plate or along the center of the cell. The blue spindles from each side are attached to the kinetochore, also known as the center of the chromosome.
