What's the difference between pseudopodia and flagella?

[drteeth]

I looked this up on wiki but came up with nada. Also, what are pseudopodia made of? Thanks for your help!


Thanks for your help!

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[Hysteria24]

My own interpretation:

Pseudopod – Internal structure of the cell projects out a portion (think of it like sticking out a fingerlike projection). Then the cytoplasm and cell contents shift and slowly fill in that finger until the entire cell is now where that projection was. Ex amoeba

Flagellum- a tail structure that is always there and used for propulsion. Ex. sperm

 

[fancymylotus]

Eukaryotic flagella:made of microtubules with 9+2 arrangement and linked by dynein(motor protein)

Prokaryotic flagella:made of flagellin and is a hollow helical shaped tube.

 

[Hysteria24]

Eukaryotic flagella:made of microtubules with 9+2 arrangement and linked by dynein(motor protein)

Prokaryotic flagella:made of flagellin and is a hollow helical shaped tube.

Someone is on top of their game.

By the way, microfilaments are responsible for the pseudopods.

 

[fancymylotus]

Someone is on top of their game.

By the way, microfilaments are responsible for the pseudopods.

And microfilaments are linear polymers of actin

And the most important organism that uses pseudopodia are amoeba




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[drteeth]

wow this is good stuff! That pic is the first good illustration of pseudopodia that Ive seen. I found a pic of amoeba online but just couldnt find any good stuff regarding pseudopodia so thanks for the help.

Ps - its 1am, ive been up since 7am, and writing the word pseudopodia is beyond difficult right now! lol...

 

[poc91nc]

Hey Drteeth,

Another way of looking at it is that pseudopodia is actin (microfilament) based.

Flagella and cillia (eukaryotic) is microtubule based.

 

[poc91nc]

whoops....nevermind, it has been stated.

 

[fancymylotus]

wow this is good stuff! That pic is the first good illustration of pseudopodia that Ive seen. I found a pic of amoeba online but just couldnt find any good stuff regarding pseudopodia so thanks for the help.

Ps - its 1am, ive been up since 7am, and writing the word pseudopodia is beyond difficult right now! lol...

Go to sleep

 

[Flirteve]

Go to sleep

Fancy, since when does a machine like you know about sleep?

 

[fancymylotus]

Fancy, since when does a machine like you know about sleep?

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