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Why do animal and plant cells lack cilia flagella or other means of locomotion?
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∙ 8y ago
Cillia and flagella are used for motility. Most cells of animals and plants do not need to be mobile, but small uni-cellular or organisms of few cells do. But it is not true that animal cells do not have cillia and flagella. Sperm need to be motile so they have flagella. Your lungs need to clear dust and small particles from them so they have cillia.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt is unknown exactly why they don't have centrioles, but one idea is this. The reason that animal cells use centrioles is probably because centrosomes, which could normally be used produce the spindle because they can produce microfilaments, are busy producing the microfilaments that are needed for the cell to pinch in to divide their cytoplasm. This would mean that because plant cells divide their cytoplasm with a cell plate and not with microfilaments, their centrosomes are available to produce the spindle fibers.
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∙ 8y agoCilia and flagella are hair like projections in a cell that help to move a single cell. Animals and plant cells lack cilia or flagella because they do not have the need to move about.
Bacteria have flagella to help them move.
However some animal cells have cilia or flagella. Sperms have flagella that help the sperm to move and reach the egg. The cells in the respiratory system have cilia that helps to trap dust and other particles.
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∙ 9y agoCilia and flagella are appendages used by cells either for movement or to move liquid across the surface of the cell. Plant cells do not have either cilia or flagellum.
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∙ 14y agoThe purpose of cilia and flagella is to move the cell around, so the answer is animal cells (normally bacteria) as a plants cells can't move.
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∙ 12y agobecause some cells don't need to move that much or alot
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∙ 10y agoNope.
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Are cilia and flagella the major means of locomotion in multicellular organisms?
Only single cells contain flagella and cilia as the major means of locomotion.
What do bacteria use for locomotion?
flagella and cilia
Is flagella in animal cell or plant cell?
Animals cells use cilia and flagella for movement.
Is cilia found in both plant and animal cells?
Most plant cells have neither flagellum nor cilium but in some cases there are exceptions. For example, the cycads have some cells with cilia and flagella. In particular, sperm cells have a flagella.
What is the function of cilia and the flagella and where are they found?
Flagella is the tail-like piece connected to the Cell Body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and it functions in locomotion. The Cilia is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells that also project from the cell body. In Eukaryotic Cells the Cilia and Flagella make up a group of organelles called the undulipodia and the Cilia and Flagella are structurally similar.
Are cilia and flagella the major means of locomotion in multicellular organisms?
Only single cells contain flagella and cilia as the major means of locomotion.
Is nucleolus an organelle of locomotion?
No, flagella and cilia are organelles of locomotion.
What do bacteria use for locomotion?
flagella and cilia
Is flagella in animal cell or plant cell?
Animals cells use cilia and flagella for movement.
Is cilia and flagella harmless?
anyways they help in locomotion
What is the organ of locomotion of a ciliate protozoa?
== == They depend on the kind of protozoan. Possibilities are flagella (flagellum singular), cilia, or a pseudopod. == == == ==
Is cilia found in both plant and animal cells?
Most plant cells have neither flagellum nor cilium but in some cases there are exceptions. For example, the cycads have some cells with cilia and flagella. In particular, sperm cells have a flagella.
Important for locomotion of one-celled organisms?
cilia of flagella
What is the function of cilia and the flagella and where are they found?
Flagella is the tail-like piece connected to the Cell Body of certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and it functions in locomotion. The Cilia is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells that also project from the cell body. In Eukaryotic Cells the Cilia and Flagella make up a group of organelles called the undulipodia and the Cilia and Flagella are structurally similar.
What moves the eukaryotic cell?
There are two main forms of locomotion in a eukaryotic cell. They are cilia and flagella. Both can be found on cells.
True or false in multicellular organisms cilia and flagella are the major means of locomotion?
It is true that in multicellular organisms cilia and flagella are the major means of locomotion. Locomotion is one of the characteristics of living organisms.
What are cilia and flagella?
Cilia and flagella are whip-like appendages that extend from the surface of the cells. They move liquid past the surface of the cell . They also help single-celled organisms to swim.
