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pseudopodium
temporary protrusion of protoplasm from a cell, especially in certain protozoans, such as amoebae, that serves various purposes (plural, pseudopodia) ...
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Pseudopods or pseudopodia (false feet) are temporary projections of eukaryotic cells. Cells having this faculty are generally referred to as amoeboids.
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Pseudopodia are temporary extensions of the plasma membrane used for movement or to engulf particles. Pseudopodia can be seen in the Amoeba below.
Cell Wall
The cell wall functions to support and protect the cell.
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pseudopodia -- Fingerlike extensions from an amoeboid cell; literally "false feet".
repeat sequences -- The length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a tandem cluster.
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Pseudopodia are used by many cells, such as Amoeba, Chaos (Pelomyxa) and human leukocytes (white blood cells). These are not structures as such but rather are associated with actin near the moving edge.
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pseudopodium
(soo-doh-poh-dee-um) [Gk. pseudes, false + pous, pod-, foot]
A cellular extension of amoeboid cells used in moving and feeding.
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pseudopodia Temporary cytoplasmic extensions of amoebas that are used in feeding and locomotion.
pseudopodium A temporary cytoplasmic protrusion extended out from a protozoan or ameboid cell, and serving for locomotion or for taking up food.
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Actin filaments provide mechanical support for the cell, determine the cell shape, enable cell movements (through lamellipodia, filopodia, or pseudopodia); and participate in certain cell junctions, ...
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Left: A neutrophil extends a pseudopod toward two pneumococci.
Center: these bacteria have been engulfed (arrows), and the neutrophil is beginning to engulf four more pneumococci at the upper right.
Right: Two pneumococci have escaped.
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Amoeba genus name for one-celled organisms which have pseudopodia and belong to Kingdom Protista; Division Rhizopoda
(amoeb = change) ...
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Rhizopoda
subclass which includes the amebiod protozoans that feed by means of pseudopodia and lack cilia or flagella.
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In other types of melanocyte, the cell can extend its surface as long pseudopodia, carrying melanosomes away from the centre of the cell and increasing the cell's effectiveness in absorbing light.
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