Cilia are like tiny hairs. Some can move on their own and some can act as filters.
To help simple organisms move. They act like legs
Ciliates get their name from the long spindly appendage that propels them, called a cilia. They just float around and wave there cilia back and forth to move through the water.
Ciliates get their name from the long spindly appendage that propels them, called a cilia. They just float around and wave there cilia back and forth to move through the water.
Cilia is an orgnelle which is found in eukaryotic cells. There are two kinds of cilia, the motile cilia which helps in locomotion or to move the liquid into the surface, while the immotile or primary cilia is recognized for it physiological roles such as signal reduction, chemical sensation, and control of the cell growth.
They occur on the surface of specialised cells and are called "cilia".
It is because the cilia and flagella are a hairlike shape, and they can move either swiftly like a whip or stiffly like the oar of a ship that they are useful. They are capable of movement and they can act as sweepers, like in our respiratory tract, maintaining our lung health; or give sperm movement.
Cilia are some of the appendages used for cell movement. They could be compared to the tires of a car since they are used for movement. Most are used to move things like mucous over their surfaces, not like their own movement. They act more like windshield wipers that move rain.
they are called cilia.
The cilia are tiny hairs which act to trap dust or dirt particles in the air that people breathe. The cilia and the mucus helps to keep dust and dirt out of the lungs.
It is used to filter out dust and pollen when breathing in, and also is used to heat the air we breathe in through our nose.
Cilia in eukaryotes and flagella in Protists and Bacteria.