Cilium: detail

• Axoneme

• Doublet - (9 + 2) (a tubule, b tubule)

• Dynein arms (2) (inner, outer)

  • driving force for motion

• Nexin (front to back doublet)

• Radial spokes

• Inner doublet

• Inner sheath

• Basal body - centriole association, formation

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