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cilium

[sil-ee-uhm] / ˈsɪl i əm /


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Scientists have long known that abnormalities in a structure on kidney cells, or the primary cilium, cause cysts to form in kidneys.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

The reason for this daytime-induced enhanced healing process appears to be from the relationship the 24-hour cycle has on the length of the primary cilium.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

One tiny flick of a microscopic cellular hair, known as a cilium, can’t do much on its own.

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 inner layer or endoderm is also a cellular layer, and is chiefly made up of columnar cells, each bearing a cilium at its free extremity and terminating internally in a long muscular fibre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various




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