ciliated
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1. ciliated - Adjective
2. ciliated - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.
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Edible particles will then settle onto the proboscis and a ciliated channel conducts the food to the trunk.
The fertilised eggs develop within the tubes, and hatch to produce small ciliated worm-like larvae.
On the other hand, most have ciliated touch-sensor cells scattered over their bodies, especially on tentacles and around the edges.
Origin The last common ancestor of all eukaryotes was a ciliated cell with centrioles.
The ciliated urn cells may also be attached to the peritoneum and assist in waste filtering from the interstitial fluid.
The coelomic fluid contains five types of coelomic cells: haemocytes, granulocytes, large multinuclear cells, ciliated urns and immature cells.