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Definition of Collar cell
1. Noun. Any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collar Cell
Literary usage of Collar cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1897)
"... living collar cell, twice as long as the body, and the flagellum has a
perpendicular root which extends down to the nucleus. K. CORTEX (51, 55, ..."
2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"... canals by the current of water produced by the beating of the collar-cell
flagella. The majority of the food particles are engulfed by the collar cells. ..."
3. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"collar cell. A flagellate cell with a high membrane around the base of the flagellum.
Colon. A division of the intestine. Columella. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"The collar- cell layer of the adult is derived directly from the primitive ciliated
cells of the blastula. ..."
5. An Introduction to Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1910)
"... and small particles of organic matter that are drawn into the incurrent canals
by the current of water produced by the beating of the collar-cell cilia. ..."
6. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"... in and their substance fused with the protoplasm. This shows that they Fig.
6. Flagellate cells, a of a Hydroid Polyp. 6 of a Sponge (collar cell). ..."
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