Definition of cytol Cytol
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| cytol - the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism | ||
| cytoplasm | ||
| living substance, protoplasm the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) | ||
| 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 | ||
| plasmodium parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans | ||
| cytoplast the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell | ||
| cytoskeleton a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence | ||
| 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 | ||
| hyaloplasm, ground substance the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | ||
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