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Cilium vs Kinocilium - What's the difference?

cilium | kinocilium |

As nouns the difference between cilium and kinocilium

is that cilium is a hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors while kinocilium is a special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.

cilium

English

Noun

(cilia)
  • (cytology) A hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism). These structures serve either for locomotion by moving or as sensors.
  • See also

    * flagellum ----

    kinocilium

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia kinocilium) (kinocilia)
  • A special type of cilium on the apex of hair cells, located in the sensory epithelium of the vertebrate inner ear and involved in the senses of movement and hearing.