Macmillan Learning
Classify each description as being a characteristic of microtubules, intermediate filaments, or actin filaments.
Microtubules
Intermediate filaments
Actin filaments (microfilaments)
Answer Bank
maintain cell shape by resisting compression
make up the core of cilia and flagella
function in muscle contraction
stabilize the nucleus
play a role in amoeboid movement
are not involved in cell motility
are composed of tubulin subunits