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Cilia and flagella are projections from the cell. They are made up of microtubules , as shown in this cartoon and are covered by an extension of the plasma membrane. They are motile and designed either to move the cell itself or to move substances over or around the cell.
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Cilium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cilia; by William H. Amos, Vermont, US ... Many years later, as a scientist studying a wide variety of related life forms (such as Paramecium, known to every beginning biology student), I remained in awe of those little beating hairs, or cilia, and the manner in which supposedly simple creatures or individual cells in...
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If there are many of them, they are called cilia; ... if only one, or a few, they are flagella. Flagella also tend to be longer than cilia but are otherwise similar in construction. ... Cilia and flagella move liquid past the surface of the cell.
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Definition of cilia in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of cilia. Pronunciation of cilia. Translations of cilia. cilia synonyms, cilia antonyms. Information about cilia in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... cilia; Cilia and flagella; Cilia Flores; cilia-associated respiratory (CAR) bacillus;
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Definition and other additional information on Cilia from Biology-Online.org dictionary. ... They are tubes with flame bulbs at the end which are collecting cells with cilia. They beat the cilia to channel waste out of the system through excretory pores (nephridopores?). I know little beyond this, so I hope that can ...
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cilia ( ′silēə ) ( anatomy ) Eyelashes. ( cell and molecular biology ) Relatively short, centriole-based, hairlike processes on certain anatomical ... Sci-Tech Dictionary: cilia...
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