MICROANATOMY

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSCOPY CELL BIOLOGY

CYTOSKELETON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Cilia and flagella are ____
A
Intermediate filaments
B
Microfilaments
C
Microtubules
D
Phospholipids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cilia and flagella are conserved, motile, and sensory cell organelles involved in signal transduction and human disease. Their scaffold consists of a 9-fold array of remarkably stable doublet microtubules (DMTs), along which motor proteins transmit force for ciliary motility and intraflagellar transport.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cilia and flagella are microtubule-based organelles that operate as both antennae and propellers in eukaryotic cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Microtubules also make up two types of cellular appendages important for motion: cilia and flagella.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cilia are conserved organelles that are built around a sophisticated bundle of microtubules, the axoneme. With few exceptions, motile cilia have a 9+2 axoneme containing nine outer and two central pair (CP) microtubules, while most sensory cilia have a 9+0 axoneme that lacks the CP.

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