Question

As a cell crawls, the attachments that the cell forms between its cytoskeleton and the substrate are called what?

Answer 1

The most commonly described and well studied mode of movement of cells is called crawling. According to this mode of movement, the cells move across a substrate by crawling over it and using its cytoskeleton proteins. Studies have shown that three types of structures can be formed between the substrate and the cell:

1. 1 dimensional microspikes or filopodia
2. 2 dimensional lamellipodia
3. 3 dimensional pseudopodia

These are the three types of universal structures formed by cells during crawling.