单词 | spasmoneme |
释义 | spasmonemen. Zoology. One of the three strands in the stalk of a vorticellid whose sudden contraction causes the stalk to coil tightly, withdrawing the animal from possible danger. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Infusoria > subclass Ciliata > [noun] > order Peritrichida > family Vorticellidae > member of > contractile fibre > strand in stalk of axoneme1901 spasmoneme1901 1901 G. N. Calkins Protozoa 179 The strand has three threads which Entz calls spasmoneme, spironeme, and axoneme. 1941 Beams & King in Calkins & Summers Protozoa in Biol. Res. ii. 94 The spasmoneme does not function like a true muscle but like a modified flagellum. 1978 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 77 358/2 Within the stalk is the contractile organelle, often referred to as the myoneme, though the term spasmoneme is preferable since recent studies indicate that the organelle is biochemically distinct from the myosin- and actin-based contractile systems. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1901 |
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