Hair-like filaments on the surface of some epithelial cells (see epithelium).
Cilia are found particularly in the linings of the respiratory tract, where they propel dust and mucus out of the airways.
Tiny hair-like cells that beat together, `wafting’, like a field of corn. They have the specialised function of moving substances (eg. food) across an area. Cilia also serve as organs of locomotion for ciliate protozoa.
A term applied to minute, lash-like processes which are seen with the aid of the microscope upon the cells covering certain mucous membranes – for example, the TRACHEA (or windpipe) and nose – and which maintain movement in the ?uid passing over these membranes. They are also found on certain bacteria which have the power of rapid movement.
That part of the EYE that connects the iris and the choroid. The ciliary ring is next to the choroid; the ciliary processes comprise many ridges behind the iris, to which the lens’s suspensory ligament is attached; and the ciliary muscle contracts to change the curvature of the lens and so adjust the accommodation of the eye.... ciliary body
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