Definition of Amoebocyte. Meaning of Amoebocyte. Synonyms of Amoebocyte

- An amebocyte or amoebocyte (/əˈmiː.bə.saɪt/) is a motile cell (moving like an amoeba) in the bodies of invertebrates including cnidaria, echinoderms, molluscs...
- Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) is an aqueous extract of motile blood cells (amebocytes) from the Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus. LAL reacts...
- cells" act as sponges' equivalent of an immune system. Archaeocytes (or amoebocytes) are amoeba-like cells that are totipotent, in other words, each is capable...
- currents of water for the sponge's stationary filter feeding mechanism amoebocytes – motile cells that perform various digestive functions within the sponge...
- just under the epithelial layers. The mesoglea also contains wandering amoebocytes that play a role in phagocytosing debris and bacteria. These cells also...
- crab has a primitive response to injury, carried out by cells known as amoebocytes (or hemocytes) which serve both hemostatic and immune functions. Medicine...
- respiratory pigment. In the carnivorous genus Poromya, the hemolymph has red amoebocytes containing a haemoglobin pigment. The paired gills are located posteriorly...
- out most of the sponge's ingestion, p****ing digested materials to the amoebocytes for delivery to other cells. Choanocytes can also turn into ****tocytes...
- Archaeocytes (from Gr**** archaios "beginning" and kytos "hollow vessel") or amoebocytes are amoeboid cells found in sponges. They are totipotent and have varied...
- clumps of archeocytes, are surrounded with a hard layer secreted by other amoebocytes. Gemmules are released when the parent body breaks down, and are capable...