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    Cilia and flagella are hair-like cell projections that help with cell movement. They emerge from a basal body and are covered by a plasma membrane. Their core structure, called the axoneme, contains microtubules arranged in a circular pattern. Cilia are short projections all over the cell surface that assist with locomotion, feeding, circulation, and aeration. Flagella are longer projections that mainly aid locomotion; they can be found at one or both ends of a cell or all over its surface.

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    Cilia and flagella are hair-like cell projections that help with cell movement. They emerge from a basal body and are covered by a plasma membrane. Their core structure, called the axoneme, contains microtubules arranged in a circular pattern. Cilia are short projections all over the cell surface that assist with locomotion, feeding, circulation, and aeration. Flagella are longer projections that mainly aid locomotion; they can be found at one or both ends of a cell or all over its surface.

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    Cilia and flagella are hair-like cell projections that help with cell movement. They emerge from a basal body and are covered by a plasma membrane. Their core structure, called the axoneme, contains microtubules arranged in a circular pattern. Cilia are short projections all over the cell surface that assist with locomotion, feeding, circulation, and aeration. Flagella are longer projections that mainly aid locomotion; they can be found at one or both ends of a cell or all over its surface.

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    Cilia & Flagella

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    Cilia and flagella are hair-like cell projections that help with cell movement. They emerge from a basal body and are covered by a plasma membrane. Their core structure, called the axoneme, contains microtubules arranged in a circular pattern. Cilia are short projections all over the cell surface that assist with locomotion, feeding, circulation, and aeration. Flagella are longer projections that mainly aid locomotion; they can be found at one or both ends of a cell or all over its surface.

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    Cilia

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    Flagella
    What are CILIA and
    FLAGELLA?
    Cilia and flagella are hair-like outgrowths of the cell membrane. They
    help in cell movement. The cilium and flagella are covered with plasma
    membrane. Core of cilia and flagella is called the axoneme. Cilium and
    Flagella emerge from centriole like structure called the basal body.
    Axoneme possesses a number of microtubules running parallel to the long
    axis. It usually has nine pairs of doublets of radially arranged peripheral
    microtubes and a pair of centrally located microtubules. The central tubules
    are connected by bridges and are also enclosed by a central sheath, which is
    connected to one of the tubules of each peripheral doublets by radial spoke.
    They are also interconnected by linkers.

    —Axoneme—
    CILIA FLAGELLA
    >Cilia are short, hair like appendages >Flagella are long, threadlike appendages on the
    extending from the surface of a living cell. surface of a living cell.
    >Occurs throughout the cell surface. >Presence at one end or two ends or all over the
    >Found in eukaryotic cells surface.
    >Helps in locomotion, feeding circulation, >Found in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
    aeration >Help mainly in locomotion only.
    >Example: Cilia present in Paramecium >Example: Flagella present in Salmonella
    Difference
    between
    CILIA
    &
    FLAGELLA

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