cytol

Noun
  1. The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus;
    Is full of proteins that control cell metabolism (synset 105440524)
    is a type of: living substance, protoplasm - the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
    subtypes:
    • plasmodium - multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
    • cytoplast - the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell
    • cytosol - the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
    • ectoplasm - the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm
    • endoplasm - the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
    • ground substance, hyaloplasm - the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
    • central body, centrosome - small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
    • sarcoplasm - the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber
    • syncytium - a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
    has:
    • cytoskeleton - a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
    • microsome - a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
    • dictyosome, golgi apparatus, golgi body, golgi complex - a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
    is a part of: cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
    same as: cytoplasm

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