Microtubules sometimes extend deep into the cytosol from the basal bodies. They serve to guide the trichocysts to their docking sites at the plasma membrane (see Plattner, Westphal and Tiggemann, J. C...

Figure 322 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. Cilia and flagella usually occur on motile cells or on the free surfaces of epithelia. However, a solitary cilium i...

Cross sections of basal bodies at the level of their attachments to the kinetodesmal fiber, the anterior basal body is attached by a thin bridge. The proximal ends of one postciliary microtubular ribb...

The undulating membrane is composed of two rows of basal bodies but only the outer row is ciliated. Both basal bodies are fully formed but only the ciliated member has an axosome and 9 + 2 axoneme. Th...

A glancing view of the thigmotactic ciliature of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. CIL:39230 is a near serial section. Both exhibit the characteristic zig-zag kinetal arrangement o...

A glancing view of the cortex of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes that reside immediately below the surfac...

A glancing view of the cortex of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. A near serial section with CIL:39232. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes th...

A tangential section through the cell’s surface show the pairs of basal bodies in cross section. The ends of kinetodesmal fibers point anteriorly in the cell, the postciliary ribbons arise from the ...

A glancing view of the cortex of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes that reside immediately below the surfac...

A high resolution image of the undulating membrane showing that it is composed of two rows of basal bodies but only the outer row is ciliated. Both basal bodies are fully formed but only the ciliated ...