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A contractile vacuole (abbreviation: CV) is a sub-cellular structure (organelle) involved in osmoregulation. The CV serves as a protective mechanism that prevents the cell from absorbing too much water and possibly exploding.
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By contracting rhythmically, the contractile vacuole pumps excess water out of the cell. Keep asking ChaCha!
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The macronuclear genes coding for rRNA (ribosomal DNA [rDNA]) of Paramecium tetraurelia, stock 51, are arranged in polymers consisting of units made up of a transcribed coding region and a nontranscribed spacer region. The whole macronuclear
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That's a complicated answer. Technically, amoeba, paramecium, and plasmodia are not animals. They're protists. HOWEVER, Protista is divided into subcategories: Plant like organisms, fungus like organisms, and animal like organisms. The animal-like
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A paramecium does homeostasis with osmosis. When the concentration is lower in the cell, the contractile vacuole expands the cell.
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Food vacuole is the cavity of the paramecium responsible for digestion whereas the circulatory system is for transport.
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Ingestion Paramecia are microscopic single-celled organisms that are widespread in many freshwater environments. In fact, a drop or two of pond water can yield hundreds of these creatures, and viewing them under a microscope is a common exercise in
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paramecium reproduces asexually by fission. where the length of the paramecium increases, a constriction is formed in the middle of the cell. this constriction increases until the one cell splits into two paramecia.
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Paramecium have cilia to keep them alive. It helps them to move and eat.
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To make more single-celled organisms such as Paramecium. Did it ever occur to you that they might very well wonder the same thing about you? You're not one of those people who thinks the purpose of a bumble bee is to make honey for humans are you?
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