On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Vacuole. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as cavity or cavum and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Vacuole meaning
- A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
- A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
Using Vacuole
- The main meaning on this page is: A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm. | A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.
- Useful related words include: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum.
- In the example corpus, vacuole often appears in combinations such as: the vacuole, vacuole is, vacuole and.
Context around Vacuole
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vacuole
- In this selection, "vacuole" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, central, phagosomal, food, due, per and encompassed stand out and add context to how "vacuole" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a central vacuole is that and a vacuole is surrounded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vacuole" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vacuole
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Under this action, salt is stored within the vacuole to protect such delicate areas. (14 words)
Turgor pressure exerted by the vacuole is also essential in supporting plants in an upright position. (16 words)
Material to be taken-in is surrounded by the plasma membrane, and then transferred to a vacuole. (17 words)
For example, when the pH in the cells environment drops, the H + ions surging into the cytosol can be transferred to a vacuole in order to keep the cytosol's pH constant. citation In animals, vacuoles serve in exocytosis and endocytosis processes. (42 words)
It used to be widely assumed that the inner membrane is the original membrane of the once independent prokaryote, while the outer one is the food vacuole (phagosomal membrane) it was enclosed in initially. (34 words)
The low pH of the vacuole also allows degradative enzymes to act. Although single large vacuoles are most common, the size and number of vacuoles may vary in different tissues and stages of development. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
If high salt concentrations are seen within the vacuole, a high concentration gradient will be established between the vacuole and the cytoplasm, leading to high levels of energy investment to maintain this state.
Certain proteins also tend to degrade in the vacuole due to the presence of a breakdown enzyme called protease.
Another function of a central vacuole is that it pushes all contents of the cell's cytoplasm against the cellular membrane, and thus keeps the chloroplasts closer to light.
A vacuole is surrounded by a membrane called the tonoplast (word origin: Gk tón(os) + -o-, meaning “stretching”, “tension”, “tone” + comb. form repr.
For example, when the pH in the cells environment drops, the H + ions surging into the cytosol can be transferred to a vacuole in order to keep the cytosol's pH constant. citation In animals, vacuoles serve in exocytosis and endocytosis processes.
Fungi Vacuoles in fungal cells perform similar functions to those in plants and there can be more than one vacuole per cell.
In plant cells, vacuoles cover anywhere from 30% to 90% of the total cell volume. citation Most mature plant cells contain one large central vacuole encompassed by a membrane called the tonoplast.
It is important to note that the cyanobacterial endosymbiont already had a double membrane—the phagosomal vacuole -derived membrane was lost.
It used to be widely assumed that the inner membrane is the original membrane of the once independent prokaryote, while the outer one is the food vacuole (phagosomal membrane) it was enclosed in initially.
Material to be taken-in is surrounded by the plasma membrane, and then transferred to a vacuole.
The invagination is pinched off, leaving the engulfed material in the membrane-enclosed vacuole and the cell membrane intact.
The low pH of the vacuole also allows degradative enzymes to act. Although single large vacuoles are most common, the size and number of vacuoles may vary in different tissues and stages of development.
This sequestration mechanism is facilitated by proteins on the vacuole membrane. citation Chemical priming has been proposed to increase tolerance to abiotic stresses in crop plants.
Turgor pressure exerted by the vacuole is also essential in supporting plants in an upright position.
Under this action, salt is stored within the vacuole to protect such delicate areas.
Common combinations with vacuole
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the vacuole 7×
- vacuole is 3×
- vacuole and 2×
- central vacuole 2×
- to vacuole 2×