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Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
actin-based cell projection +   
bleb  
cell hair 
cell projection membrane +   
cilium +   
cytoneme 
A long, thin, polarized cell projection that contains actin and can extend for distances many times the diameter of the cell. Cytonemes represent extensions of cell cytoplasm and typically have a diameter of approximately 0.2um.
dendritic cell dendrite 
dinoflagellate peduncle 
glial cell projection +   
lamellipodium +   
macropinocytic cup +   
mating projection +  
microspike  
muscle cell projection +   
neuron projection +   
plasma membrane bounded cell projection cytoplasm +   
podocyte foot  
podocyte primary projection 
pollen tube +  
pseudopodium +   
rhabdomere +  
root hair +  
ruffle +   
telopode 
uropod +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: membrane nanotube
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Membrane_nanotube
Definition Sources: PMID:10367889, PMID:10675901

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