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choanocyte

Meaning of "choanocyte" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHOANOCYTE

From Greek khoanē funnel (from khein to pour) + -cyte.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHOANOCYTE

ˈkəʊənəˌsaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHOANOCYTE

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Choanocyte is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CHOANOCYTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Choanocyte

Choanocytes are cells that line the interior of asconoid, syconoid and leuconoid body type sponges that contain a central flagellum, or undulipodia, surrounded by a collar of microvilli which are connected by a thin membrane. They make up Choanoderm, a type of cell layer found in sponges. The cell has the closest resemblance to the choanoflagellates which are the closest related single celled protists to the animal kingdom. The flagellae beat regularly, creating a water flow across the microvilli which can then filter nutrients from the water taken from the collar of the sponge. Food particles are then phagocytosed by the cell.

Definition of choanocyte in the English dictionary

The definition of choanocyte in the dictionary is any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum Also called: collar cell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHOANOCYTE

anorthosite · anthracite · bastnaesite · bastnasite · cerussite · granulocyte · hepatocyte · histiocyte · kamacite · leucocyte · leukocyte · marcasite · megakaryocyte · oocyte · oversight · parasite · phagocyte · phenacite · reticulocyte · thrombocyte

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHOANOCYTE

choana · chobdar · choc · choc-ice · chocaholic · choccies · choccy · chock · chock-a-block · chock-full · chocker · chocko · chockstone · choco · chocoholic · chocolate · chocolate bar · chocolate biscuit · chocolate brown · chocolate cake

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHOANOCYTE

adipocyte · amebocyte · amoebocyte · astrocyte · athrocyte · auxocyte · B-lymphocyte · erythrocyte · gametocyte · hemocyte · lipocyte · lymphocyte · macrocyte · melanocyte · monocyte · myelocyte · oligodendrocyte · osteocyte · spermatocyte · T-lymphocyte · thymocyte

Synonyms and antonyms of choanocyte in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHOANOCYTE»

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Sponges
(a) The simple vase with unfolded epithelia (ascon); (b) the first stages of folding ( sycon); (c) a more advanced syconoid condition; {d) the most complex condition with isolated choanocyte chambers, complex canals and thick mesohyl (leucon).
Patricia R. Bergquist, 1978
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The Comparative Embryology of Sponges
2 Diagram of young sponge with leuconoid aquiferous system. ap apopyle, cc choanocyte chamber, ec exhalant canal, ic inhalant canal, o ostium, os osculum, s spicule (From Weissenfels 1975, reproduced by permission of Springer) Water  ...
Alexander V. Ereskovsky, 2010
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Stem Cells: From Hydra to Man
2.9.4 Choanocyte-Lineage-Specific Marker We isolated Ef annexin as a cell- lineage-specific marker for choanocytes (Funayama et al., 2005a), using specific labeling of choanocytes with fluorescent beads followed by FACS sorting and a ...
Thomas C. G. Bosch, 2008
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Krishna's Non-Chordata
Short Answer Type Questions Q. 1 : Describe the choanocyte and give the diagrame of the collar based on electrone microscope. (CCSUMeerut2002) Ans. : The choanocyte These are oval or rounded cells. Their bases rest on the mesohyl (or ...
Dr. M. C. Bhatnagar, Dr. Geeta Bansal
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Advances in Sponge Science: Physiology, Chemical and ...
Water enters through ostia to incurrent canals, through the choanocyte chambers and out excurrent canals to the osculum. (B) Schematic of the pressure head variation along a flow path from ostium to osculum, illustrating the pressure at low  ...
Mikel A. Becerro, 2012
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
ENDOSÓME matrix strongly collagenous. but by far the greatest volume devoted to canals and choanocyte chambers. The latter, though eurypylous. are elongated and often branched. 30-50 /<m long by 8-15 /im wide. The spherulous cells ...
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Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla
More recent studies have generally confirmed the old observations. The oocytes differentiate from choanocytes, and early oocytes can be recognized at the base of the choanocyte layer at the excurrent opening of the choanocyte chamber ...
Claus Nielsen, 2012
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The Biology of Reefs and Reef Organisms
Figure 5—17: Increasing complexity of form and surface area of choanoderm from simple tube (a, asconoid form) to infolded wall (b, syconoid form) and deeply embedded choanocyte chambers and canals (c, leuconoid form). Aquiferous ...
Walter M. Goldberg, 2013
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Biominerals and Fossils Through Time
Choanocyte chamber (a) and three examples of structures utilized by the sponges to support them. (b) Organic structure of the collagenous type; (c) Siliceous network; ((1) Calcareous spicules (always calcite). accomplished. The walls of these ...
Jean-Pierre Cuif, Yannicke Dauphin, James E. Sorauf, 2011
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Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater ...
From there water flows into incurrent canals which branch repeatedly into canals of progressively narrower diameters, until they reach a choanocyte chamber (Fig. 4.5). Choanocyte chambers are the keystones of the spongefeeding system.
James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHOANOCYTE»

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Oldest known sponge found in China
There was also an area inside one of the tubes with pits surrounded by raised collars, a possible precursor to choanocyte cells which modern ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
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New Killer Sponges Found in the Deep Sea
Near volcanoes and vents, little life floats by, even the single-celled variety—so having (and constantly beating) choanocyte tails would be a ... «NatGeo News Watch, Apr 14»
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Sponges: The Original Animal House
Sperm -- formed from a transmogrification of choanocytes -- must find another sponge of the proper species and fuse with a choanocyte inside. «Scientific American, Nov 11»
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