ciliate

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The analysis revealed 17 different cell types within the aboral organ, including 11 secretory and ciliated cell types that had never been identified before.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

We all experience the work of ciliated cells when we take the final step of expelling the particles and excess fluid by coughing or clearing our throats.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

The lophophores include groups that are united by the presence of the lophophore, a set of ciliated tentacles surrounding the mouth.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The lining of the conducting zone is composed mostly of pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Palpi porrected, compressed, slightly recurved, remote, with long ciliated hairs; the last joints long, naked, slender, acute.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William