Cilium
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The cilium is a short hair-like membrane protrusion from many types of eukaryotic cell. The cilium has the shape of a slender threadlike projection that extends from the surface of the much larger cel
SEM micrograph of motile cilia projecting from respiratory epithelium in the trachea
Tracheal respiratory epithelium showing cilia and much smaller microvilli on non-ciliated cells in scanning electron micrograph
Scanning electron micrograph of nodal cilia on a mouse embryo
Cell (biology)
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The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life or organisms. The term comes from the Latin word cellula meaning 'small room'. A biological cell basically consists of a semip
Cilium
…cilium (pl.: cilia; from Latin cilium 'eyelash'; in Medieval Latin and in anatomy, cilium) is a short hair-like membrane protrusion from many types of eukaryotic cell. (Cilia are absent in bacteria and archaea.) The cilium has the shape of a slender threadlike projection that extends from the surface of the much…
Diagram of typical generalised human cell (eukaryotic)
Diagram of a typical generalized eukaryotic cell
Structure of an animal cell
Post-translational modifications as cell reprogramming involved in the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). (ICM - inner cell mass)