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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)
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- Cilium
- Motile Cilia
- Motile Cilium
- Nodal Cilia
- Nodal Cilium
- Primary Cilia
- Primary Cilium
- Cilia, Motile
- Cilia, Nodal
- Cilia, Primary
- Cilium, Motile
- Cilium, Nodal
- Cilium, Primary
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Cilia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002923. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002923
- Cilia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilium
- Cilia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180436