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  • woody made hard like wood as the result of the deposition of lignin in the cell walls
  • intussusception (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall
  • chitin a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi
  • mycoplasma any of a group of small parasitic bacteria that lack cell walls and can survive without oxygen; can cause pneumonia and urinary tract infection
  • chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
  • lignin a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants
  • division chlorophyta large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
  • diatom microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
  • lysozyme an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria
  • action potential the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
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