Long and few - or one - are flagella, short and numerous are called cilia.
Cilia
Cilia in eukaryotes and flagella in Protists and Bacteria.
Bacteria only have cilia while protists have both cilia and flagella.
Short hairlike projections that are used for locomotion are called cilia. Cilia are normally found on unicellular organisms and not multicellular organisms.
"Cilia" is plural; the singular, rarely used, is "cilium".Some one-celled animals move by spinning their cilia. The cilia are like tiny hairs.
The correct spelling is cilia (plural of cilium), meaning hairlike projections.
Long and few - or one - are flagella, short and numerous are called cilia.
The scientific name for cilia is "cilium" in singular form and "cilia" in plural form. Cilia are small, hair-like structures that project from the surface of cells and are involved in various functions, such as movement and sensing stimuli.
Singular form of "cilia" is cilium. The meaning of the word "cilia" is hairlike organelles that line the surface of certain cells, and it also means eyelids.
Cilium (plural cilia) or flagellum (plural flagella).
Analogy for Cilium Cilium are short "leg like" projections used for motility such as a millipede or centipede would move, except cilium are used to move about a fluid environment. cilia, (cilium plural) actually only move fluid and particles around or over them. whereas, flagela, (flagelum plural) move through fluid.Analogy: legs
In the lungs it's called cilium, plural cilia.
cilia
It has cilia
Cilia
No plants have cilia.