cytoplasm Definition
cyto·plasm (sīt′ō plaz′əm)
cytoplasm Related Forms
cy′to·plas′·mic adjective
cytoplasm Usage Examples
Converse of object
- contain: All cells contain cytoplasm surrounded by a plasma membrane.
- surround: All cells contain cytoplasm surrounded by a plasma membrane.
- enter: It should be noted that the effector ligand does not enter the bacterial cell cytoplasm in order to exert its effects.
- have: The Schwann cell has an extensive cytoplasm which allows it to wrap a myelin sheath around nerve axons.
- fill: These proteins fill the cytoplasm of the highly organized eye lens fiber cells.
Converse of subject
surround: Each cell has a central control, the nucleus surrounded by cytoplasm ( Fig.
Adjective modifier
- granular: It gives access to an ample gastric pouch, covered with very evident cells, whose granular cytoplasm surrounds a clear nucleus.
- abundant: The tumor cells showed abundant, granular eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- eosinophilic: The tumor cells showed abundant, granular eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- active: Fat cells arise from the fibroblast lineage, and consist of a central lipid droplet, surounded by a thin skin of active cytoplasm.
- more: For two or three minutes, things were definitely in flux: more cytoplasm leaked out, and I couldn't locate the WEV.
- ill-defined: In all cases tumor cells were relatively small and showed monomorphic or pleomorphic nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and ill-defined cytoplasm.
Modifies a noun
nucleus: Select your answer ----------------- cytoplasm cell membrane nucleus cell wall 7 Which structure controls what enters and leaves a cell?
Noun used with modifier
- egg: Fertilization occurs in the animal pole and this triggers a displacement of the egg cytoplasm.
- cell: This graph could be used to estimate the concentration of onion cell cytoplasm.
- nucleus: Select your answer ----------------- cell wall nucleus cytoplasm cell membrane 5 Which of the following types of cell is a plant cell?
Preposition: in
cell: During his time at Strangeways, he worked with Arthur Hughes on the physical properties of cytoplasm in cultured fibroblast cells.
Preposition: of
- bacterium: Plasmid - a circular piece of DNA found in the cell cytoplasm of bacteria which is able to reproduce itself independently of it host.
- hepatocytes: HEV replicates in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes ( Ref.
Preposition: by
membrane: The nucleus is spheroid in shape and separated from the cytoplasm by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope.
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