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axoplast

axoplast noun: a dense structure, with no microtubules, located in the center or close to the nucleus of a cell, and from which radiate axopodia.

Noun

axoplast (plural axoplasts)

  1. A dense structure, with no microtubules, located in the center or close to the nucleus of a cell, and from which radiate axopodia.
    • Centroaxoplastids have an axoplast at the centre of the cell, in a membrane-enclosed cavity within the nucleus, and radiating bundles of microtubules in a pin-wheel array (Fig. 6.13j), which is an extension of the cryptoaxoplastid pattern.1991, Michael A. Sleigh, Protozoa and Other Protists, →ISBN, page 183
    • According to the distributional pattern of the axopodia and the location and form of their intracapsular organizing center, the axoplast, Hollande and Enjumet identified the following taxa: (1) the anaxoplastidies lacking a well-defined axoplast -- the radial axopodia arise in the central capsule...2012, O. Roger Anderson, Radiolaria, →ISBN, page 46

Examples of axoplast in a sentence

  • In the latter group, the axoplast is surrounded by the nucleus.2012, O. Roger Anderson, Radiolaria, →ISBN, page 46:
  • All axopodia appear to arise either from the nuclear membrane or from an axoplast.2012, Pierre Dustin -, Microtubules, →ISBN, page 155:
  • Large bundles of axopodia radiate from an axoplast granule at each smaller pore, and the large pore is said to act as a cytostome.2013, P.C. Reid, Carol Turley, P.H. Burkill, Protozoa and Their Role in Marine Processes, →ISBN, page 27:

Forms of axoplast

pluralaxoplasts

Origin of axoplast

From axo- + -plast.

Questions about axoplast

What does axoplast mean?
Axoplast means a dense structure, with no microtubules, located in the center or close to the nucleus of a cell, and from which radiate axopodia.
How do you use axoplast in a sentence?
In the latter group, the axoplast is surrounded by the nucleus.
What part of speech is axoplast?
Axoplast is a noun.
What is the plural of axoplast?
The plural of axoplast is axoplasts.

Words near axoplast in the dictionary

  1. axoplasmal
  2. axoplasmatic
  3. axoplasmic
  4. axoplasmically
  5. axoplasms
  6. axoplast
  7. axoplasts
  8. axoplaxome
  9. axoplaxomes
  10. axopod
  11. axopodia

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