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- Dictionaryreticulum/rɪˈtɪkjʊləm/
noun
- 1. a fine network or netlike structure.
- 2. the second stomach of a ruminant, having a honeycomb-like structure, receiving food from the rumen and passing it to the omasum.
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5 days ago · A gradient in contacts between the cell membrane and an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum defines the rear of migrating cells.
2 days ago · cell, in biology, the basic membrane-bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed. A single cell is often a complete organism in itself, such as a bacterium or yeast. Other cells acquire specialized functions as they mature. These cells cooperate with other specialized cells and become ...
- A cell is a mass of cytoplasm that is bound externally by a cell membrane. Usually microscopic in size, cells are the smallest structural units of...
- Cell theory states that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of living matter. In 1839 German physiologist Theodor Schwann an...
- The cell membrane surrounds every living cell and delimits the cell from the surrounding environment. It serves as a barrier to keep the contents o...
1 day ago · Endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membranes inside a cell through which proteins and other molecules move. Proteins are assembled at organelles called ribosomes. When proteins are destined to be part of the cell membrane or exported from the cell, the ribosomes assembling them attach to the endoplasmic reticulum, giving it a rough ...
2 days ago · organelle, any of the specialized structures within a cell that perform a specific function (e.g., mitochondria, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum). Organelles in unicellular organisms are the equivalent of organs in multicellular organisms. The contractile vacuole of protozoans, for example, extracts fluid wastes from the cell and eliminates ...
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13 hours ago · Endoplasmic Reticulum: Definition, Types, Examples, Diagram, Function The discovery of endoplasmic reticulum dates back to the 1940s, with the help of an electron microscope. The more significant contributions are observed to have been made first by Keith Porter, Albert Claude, and Ernest Fullam.
1 day ago · Various tube- and sheet-like extensions of the nuclear membrane form the endoplasmic reticulum, which is involved in protein transport and maturation. It includes the rough endoplasmic reticulum, covered in ribosomes which synthesize proteins; these enter the interior space or lumen.
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4 days ago · Definition. Cytoplasm is the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell. It is composed of water, salts, and various organic molecules. Some intracellular organelles, such the nucleus and mitochondria, are enclosed by membranes that separate them from the cytoplasm.
