Cell
Of biology, organism and living thing.
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals.
This concept's ID is @1~115
Organism
- zygote
(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including...
- recombinant
A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred.
- parthenote
A cell resulting from parthenogenesis.
Organelle
- nucleus
A part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction.
- organelle
A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified...
Also contains
- somatic cell
Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does...
- cytoplasm
The protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell...
- embryonic cell
A cell of an embryo.
- gametocyte
An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis.
- fiber
Any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber).
- plant cell
A cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant.
- mother cell
Cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops;...
- reproductive cell
A spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next...
- flagellated cell
Any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum.
- beta cell
A cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas.
- archespore
Primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
- daughter cell
A cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing...
- energid
A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it inter...
- blastema
A mass of undifferentiated cells from which an organ or body part develops.
- blastomere
Any cell resulting from cleavage of a fertilized egg.
- arthrospore
One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and f...
- arthrospore
A body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria.
- vacuole
A tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- cell membrane
A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins...
- polar body
A small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later...
- Leydig cell
A cell in the testes that secretes the hormone testosterone.
- Sertoli cell
Elongated cells found in the seminiferous tubules of the testis; apparently they nourish...
- akaryocyte
A cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte).
- Kupffer's cell
Specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out...