Why is cilia important to the animal cell?

Answer 1

For single-celled eukaryotes, cilia and flagella are essential for the locomotion of individual organisms. In multicellular organisms, cilia function to move fluid or materials past an immobile cell as well as moving a cell or group of cells.

Many eukaryotic cells are ciliated with primary cilia. Primary cilia play important roles in chemosensation,mechanosensation, and thermosensation. Cilia may thus be "viewed as sensory cellular antennae that coordinate a large number of cellular signaling pathways, sometimes coupling the signaling to ciliary motility or alternatively to cell division and differentiation

Answer 2

Cilia are important for movement and sensory functions in animal cells. They help to move materials across the cell surface and are involved in detecting and responding to external stimuli such as touch and chemical signals.

Answer 3

They are important because without them, some cells would not be able to get to where they need to be

Answer 4

It is the compound base of protist cells.

Answer 5

Flagella and cilia allow a cell to move.