A contractile vacuole (CV) is a sub-cellular structure (organelle) involved in osmoregulation. It is found predominantly in protists and in unicellular...
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its structure varies according to the requirements of the cell. Contractile vacuoles ("stars") were first observed by Spallanzani (1776) in protozoa,...
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tissue Contractile ring in cytokinesis Contractile vacuole Muscle contraction Myocardial contractility See contractile cell for an overview of cell types...
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help of a membrane-bound organelle called the contractile vacuole. Amoeba proteus has one contractile vacuole which slowly fills with water from the cytoplasm...
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discharged by exocytosis. Most ciliates also have one or more prominent contractile vacuoles, which collect water and expel it from the cell to maintain osmotic...
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Without a contractile vacuole, the cell would fill with excess water and, eventually, burst. Marine amoebae do not usually possess a contractile vacuole because...
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2013.11.028. PMC 3956598. PMID 24361104. Taylor CV (1923). "The contractile vacuole in Euplotes: An example of the sol-gel reversibility of cytoplasm"...
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contents into the contractile vacuole, thereby increasing the vacuole's osmolarity. This then causes water from the cytoplasm to enter the vacuole, until the...
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can be prevented by several different mechanisms, including the contractile vacuole that exists in some paramecia, which rapidly pump water out of the...
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before rapidly moving to the middle. The contractile vacuole begins splitting to form the daughter contractile vacuole. The macronucleus begins to elongate...
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deposited under the cell membrane during the encystment process. Contractile vacuoles are common in these organisms, which are presumed to use them to...
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carried in the cytoplasm of the cell. Osmoregulation is carried out by contractile vacuoles, which actively expel water from the cell to compensate for fluid...
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serve as organs of locomotion and food capture). P. caudatum has two contractile vacuoles, which serve to excrete excess water taken up from the outside, regulating...
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provided a series of illustrations, accurately depicting the undulating, contractile movements (metaboly) of Euglena's body. In 1830, C. G. Ehrenberg renamed...
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contain two different types of vacuoles. Contractile vacuoles help to maintain osmoregulation, and phagocytic vacuoles allow select protists to ingest...
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Producciones Cinevisión, formerly CV-TV, a Colombian programadora Contractile vacuole, an organelle found in some cells Coronavirus, a type of virus, notably:...
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Vesicle (biology and chemistry) (section Vacuoles)
and nutrient storage. Contractile vacuoles are found in certain protists, especially those in Phylum Ciliophora. These vacuoles take water from the cytoplasm...
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preventing cytolysis from occurring. For example, the paramecium uses a contractile vacuole, which rapidly pumps out excessive water to prevent the build-up...
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theorem prover Current–voltage characteristic Conserved vector current Contractile vacuole complex Canning Vale College, in Perth, Western Australia Central...
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flagellum Flattened cisternae Peripheral vesicle Phospholipid vesicle Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell Groove Golgi apparatus;...
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protection. P. bursaria is 80-150 μm long, with a wide oral groove, two contractile vacuoles, and a single micronucleus as well as a single macronucleus. P. bursaria...
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Shimmen, Teruo; Sonobe, Seiji (2004). "Functional Characterization of Contractile Vacuole Isolated from Amoeba proteus". Cell Structure and Function. 29 (4):...
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flagellum shows a typical 9+2 arrangement of the component fibrils. Contractile vacuoles are near the bases of flagella. Prominent cup or bowl-shaped chloroplast...
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solutions are deployed in all animals, even the protozoa, where the contractile vacuole provides a similar function. Biofilms are often complex communities...
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their contractile vacuole to regulate the quantity of water within the cell. Protist cells avoid lysing in hypotonic solution by utilizing a vacuole which...
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single peripheral layer. each zooids shows two flagella, two or more contractile vacuoles, cup like chloroplast, a single nucleus, a red stigma but no gullet...
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horseshoe-shaped, or twisted into a shape resembling a figure eight. A contractile vacuole and anal aperture are in the posterior of the cell. Like all ciliates...
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specific parts of the cell Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell Lysosome, holds enzymes Food vacuole Lipid body Endoplasm Ectoplasm...
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of a choanocyte Flagellum Collar Flagellar vane Glycocalyx layer Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell Golgi apparatus; modifies...
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main exception being that Dunaliella lack both a cell wall and a contractile vacuole. Dunaliella has two flagella of equal length and has a single cup-like...
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