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Definition of Contractile vacuole

Contractile vacuole
Vacuole Vac"u*ole, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. Contractile vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Contractile, and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa. Food vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Food, and see Illust. of Infusoria.

Meaning of Contractile vacuole from wikipedia

- A contractile vacuole (CV) is a sub-cellular structure (organelle) involved in osmoregulation. It is found predominantly in protists, including unicellular...
- of the cell. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek described the plant vacuole in 1676. Contractile vacuoles ("stars") were first observed by Spallanzani (1776) in protozoa...
- discharged by exocytosis. Most ciliates also have one or more prominent contractile vacuoles, which collect water and expel it from the cell to maintain osmotic...
- help of a membrane-bound organelle called the contractile vacuole. Amoeba proteus has one contractile vacuole which slowly fills with water from the cytoplasm...
- Without a contractile vacuole, the cell would fill with excess water and, eventually, burst. Marine amoebae do not usually possess a contractile vacuole because...
- typically have a single contractile vacuole in a fixed position; naked amoebae have numerous small vesicles that fuse into one vacuole and then split again...
- tissue Contractile ring in cytokinesis Contractile vacuole Muscle contraction Myocardial contractility See contractile cell for an overview of cell types...
- compared to more typical gill-based ionoregulation. Amoeba makes use of contractile vacuoles to collect excretory wastes, such as ammonia, from the intracellular...
- carried in the cytoplasm of the cell. Osmoregulation is carried out by contractile vacuoles, which actively expel water from the cell to compensate for fluid...
- of a choanocyte Flagellum Collar Flagellar vane Glycocalyx layer Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell Golgi apparatus; modifies...