{"id":7655,"date":"2019-05-22T15:59:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/cytoskeleton\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:13","slug":"cytoskeleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/cytoskeleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytoskeleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internal framework (or &#8216;scaffolding&#8217;) of a cell within the cytoplasm, composed largely of actin filaments and microtubules (see figure below). &nbsp;In eukaryotic cells, actin filaments (or microfilaments) are active in muscle contraction, intermediate filaments hold microfilaments and microtubules in place, and microtubules serve as routes for organelles to move along. &nbsp;In general, the cytoskeleton helps to maintain the shape of the cell, enables the intracellular transport of organelles like mitochondria and vesicles (using structures such as flagella and cilia), and plays a key role in cell division and movement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image076.png\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Structural components of the euraykote cyctoskeleton<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"actin\">Actin<\/a>, <a href=\"cadherins\">Cadherins<\/a>, <a href=\"cell\">Cell<\/a>, <a href=\"cilia\">Cilia<\/a>, <a href=\"cytoplasm\">Cytoplasm<\/a>, <a href=\"endoplasmic_reticulum_-er-\">Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)<\/a>, <a href=\"eukaryote_cell_-or_organism-\">Eukaryote cell (or organism)<\/a>, <a href=\"flagella\">Flagella<\/a>, <a href=\"limkinase_1_gene\">Limkinase 1 gene<\/a>, <a href=\"microtubules\">Microtubules<\/a>, <a href=\"mitochondria\">Mitochondria<\/a>, <a href=\"mitosis\">Mitosis<\/a>, <a href=\"organelles\">Organelles<\/a>, <a href=\"ribosomes\">Ribosomes<\/a>, <a href=\"vesicles\">Vesicles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internal framework (or &#8216;scaffolding&#8217;) of a cell within the cytoplasm, composed largely of actin filaments and microtubules (see figure below). &nbsp;In eukaryotic cells, actin filaments (or microfilaments) are active in muscle contraction, intermediate filaments hold microfilaments and microtubules in place, and microtubules serve as routes for organelles to move along. &nbsp;In general, the cytoskeleton &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/cytoskeleton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cytoskeleton&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}