Medical Definition of Cytoplasmic bridge
1.
Thin strand of cytoplasm linking cells as in higher plants, Volvox, between nurse cells and developing eggs and between developing sperm cells.
Unlike gap junctions, allows the transfer of large macromolecules.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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