cytol

cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

plasmodium - multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds

living substance, protoplasm - the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)

cytoplast - the intact cytoplasmic content of a cell

cytoskeleton - a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

cytosol - the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended

ectoplasm - the outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm

endoplasm - the inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell

hyaloplasm, ground substance - the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell

microsome - a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA

dictyosome, Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex - a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

central body, centrosome - small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules

sarcoplasm - the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber

syncytium - a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)