syncytial
Fused cell mass
Syncytial describes tissue or structures in which multiple cells share a common cytoplasm, their boundaries merged or absent.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: respiratory syncytial virus, which causes cells to fuse together.
A syncytium—the noun form—functions as a single unit despite containing many nuclei, as in muscle fibers or certain embryonic tissues.
Gel surrounding the nucleus
- plasmodiumMultinucleate protoplasmic mass
- cytokinesisCytoplasmic division after mitosis
- nucleiCentral parts of atoms
- membraneThin tissue sheet
Fetal nourishment organ
- muscleContractile body tissue
- trophoblastEmbryonic implantation cells
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
neural · astrocytes · endometrium · villous · uterine · fetal · implantation · decidua
Lung virus in infants
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- measlesContagious viral rash illness
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- pathogenicCausing disease
Formation of early life
- morphogenesisDevelopmental shape emergence
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
- germinalRelating to earliest development
- endodermInnermost embryonic tissue layer
mesoderm · ectoderm · gastrulation · somite · organogenesis · blastocyst
cytoplasm
Gel surrounding the nucleus
- plasmodiumMultinucleate protoplasmic mass
- cytokinesisCytoplasmic division after mitosis
- nucleiCentral parts of atoms
placenta
Fetal nourishment organ
- muscleContractile body tissue
- trophoblastEmbryonic implantation cells
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
respiratory · neural · astrocytes · endometrium · villous · uterine · fetal · implantation · decidua · epithelium
RSV
Lung virus in infants
embryogenesis
Formation of early life
- morphogenesisDevelopmental shape emergence
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
- germinalRelating to earliest development
endoderm · mesoderm · ectoderm · gastrulation · somite · organogenesis · blastocyst
syncytialcompartmentalized
Divided into isolated sections
cellularized · cellular · discrete · mononuclear · unicellular
syncytialdiscrete
Individually separate, unconnected
compartmentalized · divided · separated · partitioned · segmented