Pseudopods are temporary bulges or extensions of the cell membrane in certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, used for movement and capturing food.
Organisms that have pseudopods are known as amoebas. Pseudopods are temporary "false feet" that form by cytoplasmic streaming to enable movement and engulfment of food. Amoebas use pseudopods for locomotion and capturing prey.
Temporary extensions of a protozoan's cytoplasm are called pseudopods. Pseudopods are used for movement and feeding by extending and retracting to help the protozoan navigate its environment and capture prey.
Arcella move by extending and retracting their pseudopods, which are temporary projections of the cell membrane. By changing the direction and length of their pseudopods, Arcella can move in a rolling or gliding motion.
Pseudopods are formed by the extension and retraction of the cell membrane in certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas. Actin filaments in the cytoskeleton provide the structural support for the formation of pseudopods by enabling the cell to change its shape. The movement of molecules and ions through the cell membrane also plays a role in the formation of pseudopods.
Some amoebae can cause serious illness if they get into the human body.
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The amoeba has pseudopods.
The word "actinopod" makes reference to a protozoa that has rodlike pseudopods coming out of its body.
Protists like amoeba use structures called pseudopods for movement. Pseudopods are temporary bulges of the cell membrane that extend and contract, allowing the protist to push itself along in the direction it wants to move.
amoeba is a single-celled animal that catches food and moves about by extending fingerlike projections of protoplasm
the amoeba is a animal like protists, or protozoan, classified as a sarcodine because of its movement. the amoeba eats and moves with pseudopods. (Pseudopods from the Greek word ψευδοπόδια, ψευδός "fake, false" + πόδια"feet") the pseodopods will wrap around the targeted food source and absorb the molecules.the pseudopods move the cell by shifting the organelles and weight of the cell.
pseudopods aka false foots use a food vacuole
An axopodium is another word for an axopod - any of a group of pseudopods which contain complex arrays of microtubules and are enveloped by cytoplasm.
Organisms that have pseudopods are known as amoebas. Pseudopods are temporary "false feet" that form by cytoplasmic streaming to enable movement and engulfment of food. Amoebas use pseudopods for locomotion and capturing prey.
Temporary extensions of a protozoan's cytoplasm are called pseudopods. Pseudopods are used for movement and feeding by extending and retracting to help the protozoan navigate its environment and capture prey.
Arcella move by extending and retracting their pseudopods, which are temporary projections of the cell membrane. By changing the direction and length of their pseudopods, Arcella can move in a rolling or gliding motion.
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