Paramecium (55x90cm)
Description
A Paramecium chart (55×90 cm) is a large-format educational wall poster providing a detailed, labeled diagram of Paramecium, a ciliated protozoan that is widely used as a model organism in biology and zoology education.
Chart Features and Content
Chart Size and Material: Standard 55 × 90 cm, with multicolored print on laminated art or litho paper, making it suitable for classroom, laboratory, or catalog display.
Diagram and Labels: The main illustration shows a slipper- or cigar-shaped Paramecium, with clear labeling of:
Cilia: Numerous, hairlike projections covering the body for locomotion and food movement.
Pellicle: Tough, flexible outer membrane that provides a definite but changeable shape.
Oral groove/cytostome: A depression leading to the cell mouth (cytostome) and gullet (cytopharynx), used for feeding.
Food vacuoles: For digestion and nutrient storage.
Contractile vacuoles: Star-shaped organelles for expelling excess water and maintaining osmotic balance.
Cytopyge: Pore for elimination of undigested waste.
Trichocysts: Defensive organelles embedded in the ectoplasm.
Nucleus: Both macronucleus (large, bean-shaped, for metabolism) and micronucleus (small, for reproduction) are shown.
Other features: Endoplasm, ectoplasm, mitochondria, and cytoplasm.
Functional Annotations: Labels or callouts usually explain the roles of feeding structures (oral groove, cilia), osmoregulation (contractile vacuoles), locomotion, defense, and reproduction (binary fission, conjugation).
Educational and Scientific Value: Supports lessons on protozoan diversity, unicellular organelles, protist classification, and the ecological role of Paramecium in aquatic environments.
Institutional and Catalog Use
Used from high school to university biology curricula, NEET prep, or as a reference in general zoology.
Available from suppliers such as Flipkart, Etsy, and science education poster retailers, printed to curriculum standards for accuracy and durability.
For compliant catalog or digital image needs, select charts with high-resolution, standardized labeling of key structures and distinctive feature highlights.
Specifications
| Model No. | N-C399 |
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