endoplasmic

Internal cell network

Endoplasmic describes something relating to or located within the cytoplasm of a cell.

The term appears almost exclusively in endoplasmic reticulum, a network of membranes inside cells that helps synthesize proteins and lipids.

reticulum

ribosome

Protein synthesis site

calcium · storage · rough · smooth · secretory · pathway · lipid · metabolism · chaperone · translocation

organelles

Golgi

Protein-processing organelle

nucleus · peroxisome · vacuole · endosome · chloroplast · ribosome · vesicle · membrane · cytoskeleton

imaging

electron

Negative subatomic particle

staining · transmission · scanning · histology · ultrastructure · confocal · resolution

Categories
Opposites
cellular location

endoplasmicectoplasmic

Of spectral substance

extracellular · external · outer

Phrases
Family

plasma, cytoplasm, ectoplasm, protoplasm, reticular, ectoplasms

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