Kinocentrum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kinocentrum is a noun meaning A cellular organelle that acts as the center of motor activity of the kinoplasm.
Meaning
A cellular organelle that acts as the center of motor activity of the kinoplasm.
Example Sentences
The author suggests that it may act in the smooth muscle-cell as a kinocentrum, as it is supposed to do in some other cases.
The basal body is often called blepharoplast or kinocentrum and many investigators regard it as the center of ciliary activity.
It may also be observed in passing, that cellular kinoplasm with the kinocentrum, the centrosome and its archoplasmic structures, possibly the most primitive motor organoids of the cell, similarly manifest a high degree of variability and instability.
Word Forms
- kinocentra
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include perikaryon, neuroplasm, kinapse, karyon, neocentromere, myonucleus.
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