- An
amebocyte or
amoebocyte (/əˈmiːbəsaɪt/) is a
motile cell (moving like an amoeba) in the
bodies of
invertebrates including cnidaria, echinoderms, molluscs...
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Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) is an
aqueous extract of
motile blood cells (amebocytes) from the
Atlantic horseshoe crab
Limulus polyphemus. LAL reacts...
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Archaeocytes (from Gr****
archaios "beginning" and
kytos "hollow vessel") or
amoebocytes are
amoeboid cells found in sponges. They are
totipotent and have varied...
- 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...
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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...
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characteristic of
other sponges are absent,
being replaced by a
syncitial net of
amoebocytes,
through which the ****ules penetrate.
Unlike other sponges, they do...
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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...
- crab has a
primitive response to injury,
carried out by
cells known as
amoebocytes (or hemocytes)
which serve both
hemostatic and
immune functions. Medicine...
- just
under the
epithelial layers. The
mesoglea also
contains wandering amoebocytes that play a role in
phagocytosing debris and bacteria.
These cells also...
