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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

But almost all human cells also have one primary, or nonmotile, cilium that functions more like a molecular antenna.

From Scientific American Dec. 10, 2014

They also have a single, nonmotile cilium that responds to the rate of fluid movement in the tubule.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

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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