NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cilia and flagella are motile cellular appendages found in most microorganisms and animals, but not in higher plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plant cells do not contain cilia on their cells because they have no real purpose for the cilia’s mobility properties. It is believed that ancient plant cells may have possessed cilia when they lived in wet environments.

Detailed explanation-3: -The flagella (singular = flagellum) are long, hair-like structures that extend from the plasma membrane and enable an entire cell to move (for example, sperm, Euglena, and some prokaryotes). When present, the cell has just one flagellum or a few flagella.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cilia and Flagella are complex filamentous cytoplasmic structures protruding through a cell wall. They are minute, especially differentiated appendices of the cell. Flagella (singular = flagellum) are long, hair-like structures that extend from the plasma membrane and are used to move an entire cell.