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Flagella are long structures, which look somewhat like threads or whips. They enable certain cells to move, such as the swimming motion seen in sperm.
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What is the singular form of the word flagella?
The singular form of the word flagella is flagellum.
What is the whip-like tail called?
Flagella. Flagella Flagellum (flagella is the plural form) flagella
These are singular relatively long whiplike organelles that many unicellular organisms use for motion?
Cilia and flagella.
In wet mount preparations is it possible to see eukaryotic flagella procaryotic flagella why?
In wet mount preparations, is it possible to see eukaryotic flagella? prokaryotic flagella
How do flagella move?
Flagella move by flicking like little whips or by pulling themselves. Smooth flagella move by flicking and hairy flagella move by pulling.
What is the singular form of the word flagella?
The singular form of the word flagella is flagellum.
What is a function of flagella?
A flagellum is similar to a tail, but on a cell. It aids the cell in movement.Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells can have flagella, and they can have differences such as protein compsition, structure and mechanism of propulsion.The most obvious example of a eukaryotic cell with flagella is the sperm cell, which it has for clear reasons.Trivia!:The word flagellum is also the latin word for whip!
What is the whip-like tail called?
Flagella. Flagella Flagellum (flagella is the plural form) flagella
Who named flagella?
The word flagella comes from te Latin for whip. The first person to apply this to the tails of microorganisms is unknown but it has been in use since the 1800s.
What is the whip-like appendage called on some bacteria?
Some bacteria have a whip-like tail called aflagellum. This structure is essential for locomotion, or motility.
What is prokaryotic cell movement attributed to?
cilia and flagella
Do eukaryotic cells contain flagella?
They have flagella with 9+2 structure.Bacterial flagella differs from it
Do protista have a flagella?
Yes, protista do have flagella.
What is the locomotory organ of euglena?
Flagella
What protist uses flagella?
No protists ure a flagella because only animal cells have a flagella.
Archaebacteria use what to move?
they use there but to push then they blow a bomb
These are singular relatively long whiplike organelles that many unicellular organisms use for motion?
Cilia and flagella.
