cytopharynx

cytopharynx
cy·to·pharynx

English syllables. 2014.

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  • Cytopharynx — (griech.), Zellenschlund, s. Infusorien …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Cytopharynx — Le cytopharynx est une invagination de la membrane plasmique chez les protozoaires (et en particulier les Ciliés) ainsi que chez les rotifères. Il s agit d un autre moyen de nutrition que la phagocytose, qui consiste d abord à sélectionner les… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cytopharynx — /suy teuh far ingks/, n., pl. cytopharynges / toh feuh rin jeez/, cytopharynxes. the gullet of a protozoan. [CYTO + PHARYNX] * * * …   Universalium

  • cytopharynx — noun A tube like opening in the lateral surface of a ciliate, through which food is ingested. Syn: gullet …   Wiktionary

  • cytopharynx — An organelle in certain flagellates and ciliates that serves as a gullet through which food material passes from the cytostome to the cell interior; food passed is collected in food vacuoles, into which digestive enzymes are secreted. * * * …   Medical dictionary

  • cytopharynx — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at cyto + noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cyt + pharynx : a channel leading from the surface into the protoplasm of certain unicellular organisms and functioning in ciliates as a gullet * * * /suy teuh far ingks/, n …   Useful english dictionary

  • protozoan — /proh teuh zoh euhn/, n., pl. protozoans, (esp. collectively) protozoa / zoh euh/, adj. Biol. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotes, of the kingdom Protista, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are… …   Universalium

  • CILIÉS — Dans le vaste monde des Protozoaires, l’embranchement des Ciliés constitue un ensemble homogène et très différencié, assez nettement séparé des autres groupes. Il est classique de caractériser les Ciliés par la possession de cils vibratiles,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • gullet — noun /ˈɡʌl.ɪt,ˈɡʌl.ət/ a) The throat or esophagus. b) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested. Syn: gorge, cytopharynx …   Wiktionary

  • cytostome — 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.… …   Medical dictionary

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