1) Mouth 2) Mouth of a protozoan 3) The mouth of a protozoan
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A cytostome or cell mouth is a part of a cell specialized for phagocytosis, usually in the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove. Food is directed into the cytostome, and sealed into vacuoles. Only certain groups of protozoa, such as the ciliates and excavates, have cytostomes. Such examples include Balantidium coli - a ciliate. In othe...
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(from the article `protozoan`) ...hairlike structures, or cilia, arranged in ordered rows called kineties. The cilia beat in synchronized waves and thereby propel the organism ...
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The cell 'mouth' of certain complex protozoa, usually with a short gullet or cytopharynx leading food into the organism, where it is collected into food vacuoles, then circulated inside the body, eventually to be excreted through the cytopyge. ... Origin: cyto-+ G. Stoma, mouth ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sī′tō-stōm Definitions: 1. The cell 'mouth' of certain complex protozoa, usually with a short gullet or cytopharynx leading food into the organism, where it is collected into food vacuoles, then circulated inside the body, eventually to be excreted through the cytopyge.
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n] - mouth of a protozoan
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a protozoan cell structure that is specialized for phagocytosis (i.e., to take in food)
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noun mouth of a protozoan
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Literally, 'the cell mouth'. only used in reference to organisms which ingest food at one or more particular locations, and then best used in reference to the region(s) of the cell surface through which food gains entry into the cell; part of the 'mouth' structures; see also cytopharynx.
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the mouth of a protozoan.
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