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What Are Undulipodia?
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'Interesting' Fact
Where are they found?
What is the difference between undulipodia and cilia?
Cilia and Undulipodia were first seen under a light microscope. Because they are different lengths and scientists hadn't seen that their inner structures were the same, they were named as different organelles.
Undulipodia are only present in eukaryotic cells. An example of a cell that uses undulipodia are sperm cells, who use a cluster of them to form their tail
- Undulipodia are longer
- Undulipodia are only typically present in pairs in the cell whereas cilia tend to occur in larger numbers
How Do They Move?
The microtubes that make up the undulipodia are powered by adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Structure
Organelles: Undulipodia
Undulipodia are made up of a pair of microtubes surrounded by a ring of 9 microtubes tubes then bound by a single membrane. This structure
is the same as
that of cilia
organelles.
The End
What Are Undulipodia?
Undulipodia (sometimes referred to as the 9-2 organelle or flagella) are hair like extensions that stick out of the cells and are responsible for the cell's movement through its surroundings.