cilium
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Together, the patient genetics and experimental findings pointed to the primary cilium as an important part of the process that may contribute to congenital heart defects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Depending on its position, a cilium can be more effected by its neighbor than vice versa, especially in a dense carpet of cilia as it frequently occurs in nature.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
Once the voltage is reversed, the oxygen is driven out of the platinum—and the cilium returns to its original shape.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022
The current model is that cilia are attached to one another by “tip links,” structures which link the tips of one cilium to another.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The shorter cilium vibrates actively, and effects the locomotion of the organism, while the other trails behind; the whole body rolling on its axis with its pointed end forwards.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing cilium
Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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