They are called cilia.Long and fewer are called flagella.
Some protists use cilia, flagella, or pseudopods for motility. Cilia are short, hair-like structures that beat in a coordinated manner to move the cell. Flagella are longer whip-like structures that propel the cell forward. Pseudopods are temporary bulges of the cell membrane that extend and contract to push the cell in a particular direction.
velcro
Flagella and cilia of eukaryotic cells consist of a bundle of paired microtubules, an axoneme, embedded in a matrix and surrounded by a membrane that is an extension of the cell membrane. These microtubules have the arrangement: 9 double tubules set in an outer ring around 2 central, separated tubules. At the base of the cilium or flagellum, within the cytoplasm, is a cylindrical structure called a 'basal body' or 'kinetosome'.
Flagella, cilia, and pseudopods are examples of complex structures used for locomotion that have evolved in protists. Flagella are whip-like appendages that propel the organism through a liquid environment, cilia are short, hair-like structures that beat back and forth to move the organism, and pseudopods are temporary projections of the cell membrane that enable the organism to crawl and engulf prey.
ciliates
Cilia
Cillia
eukaryotic cells
Short hairlike projections used for locomotion are called cilia. Cilia are found on the surface of many types of cells and are used to move the cell or to move substances along the cell's surface.
cilia
Ciliates are protists that move by the means of many short hair-like projections, called cilia.
cilia
They are called cilia.Long and fewer are called flagella.
Some protists use cilia, flagella, or pseudopods for motility. Cilia are short, hair-like structures that beat in a coordinated manner to move the cell. Flagella are longer whip-like structures that propel the cell forward. Pseudopods are temporary bulges of the cell membrane that extend and contract to push the cell in a particular direction.
Phylum Ciliophora are the type of protists that move by means of short hair-like projections. These hair-like projections are called cilia.
Phylum Ciliophora are the type of protists that move by means of short hair-like projections. These hair-like projections are called cilia.