Cilia are :

Question

Cilia are : (A) short (5-10 μ m) hair like narrow protoplasmic processes (B) with sweeping or pendular movements (C) more numerous (D) all of the above

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A cilium has the appearance of a sharp-pointed straight or curved hair that projects 5-10 (am. Many cilia often project from a single cell. The cilium moves forward with a sudden rapid whiplike stroke 10-20 times per second than it moves backward slowely to its original position.

Q. Cilia are :

short $(5 - 10 μ m)$ hair like narrow protoplasmic processes

with sweeping or pendular movements

more numerous

all of the above

A cilium has the appearance of a sharp-pointed straight or curved hair that projects 5-10 (am. Many cilia often project from a single cell. The cilium moves forward with a sudden rapid whiplike stroke 10-20 times per second than it moves backward slowely to its original position.

Q. Cilia are :

short (5−10μm) hair like narrow protoplasmic processes

with sweeping or pendular movements

more numerous

all of the above

A cilium has the appearance of a sharp-pointed straight or curved hair that projects 5-10 (am. Many cilia often project from a single cell. The cilium moves forward with a sudden rapid whiplike stroke 10-20 times per second than it moves backward slowely to its original position.

short $(5 - 10 μ m)$ hair like narrow protoplasmic processes