Concept information
Preferred term
Cilia
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Cilium
Scope note
- Populations of thin, motile processes found covering the surface of ciliates (CILIOPHORA) or the free surface of the cells making up ciliated EPITHELIUM. Each cilium arises from a basic granule in the superficial layer of CYTOPLASM. The movement of cilia propels ciliates through the liquid in which they live. The movement of cilia on a ciliated epithelium serves to propel a surface layer of mucus or fluid. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
History note
- 65(64)
In other languages
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Finnish
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cilia
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cilium
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kinocilia
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kinocilium
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värekarva
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002923
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