(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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Osteoblast
One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellul…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.(mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protoplasmic, cells, occur, osteogenetic, layer.Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…
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