Vesicle vs Porosome - What's the difference?
vesicle | porosome |
(cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
A small bladder-like cell or cavity.
(anatomy) A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
(anatomy) A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
(geology) A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 51:
(biology) Any of many cup-shaped structures in the cell membranes of eukaryotic cells where vesicles dock in the process of vesicle fusion and secretion.
As nouns the difference between vesicle and porosome
is that vesicle is (cytology) a membrane-bound compartment found in a cell while porosome is (biology) any of many cup-shaped structures in the cell membranes of eukaryotic cells where vesicles dock in the process of vesicle fusion and secretion.vesicle
English
(wikipedia vesicle)Noun
(en noun)- It frequently contains holes, or vesicles , especially nearer the surface of a flow where gas has escaped.
