Protozoan key words Flashcards
Define amoebozoa
Phylum describing the amoeboid protists
Define the alveolates
group of parasitic protists
Define the basal body
an organelle that forms the base of a flagellum or cilium
Define the centrosome
the entire network of microtubules
Define the ciliophora
A genus to which the paramecium belong
Define cirrus
Cilia that have made a bigger structure
Define the cytopharnyx
The defined region in the paramecium that food is ingested
Define the cytoproct
cell anus
Define the cytostome
the defined region on the paramecium where food is phagocytosed
Define the endomembrane system
Different membranes within the cytopolasm of a eukaryotic cell
Define eugleozoa
Large group of flagellate excavates
Define excavata
Group that are bikonts
Define gamaetocyte
A cell that divides to form gametes
Define gametogony
A stage in the sexual cycle of sporozoans in which gametes are formed, often by schizogony.
Define the hyaline cap
anteriorly situated hyaloplasm
Define the kinetodesma
the individual cilium sent out under a cilium to form the pellicle
Define the alveolus
bubbles of cell membrane
Define lobose pseudopod
The shape of pseudopods in the taxon amoebozoa
Define membranellles
structures around the mouth
merozoites
A sporozoan trophozoite produced by schizogony
