Diagrams:
http://members.edventures.com/terms/f/Flagella/
Propulsion
http://www.biochem.wustl.edu/classes/bio5319/1999/3mtshtml/sld004.htm
Pictures:
http://www.isa.au.dk/SR/XRM/xrm_6.html http://csee.lbl.gov/cup/Fl99/Yip/jybasicbio.htmlFlagella and cilia function either in the moving cell, in moving fluids, or in small particles across the cell surface. The difference between cilia and flagella is as follows: 1) flagella has only one or two arm(s) attached to the cell surface, 2) flagella are longer, and 3) flagella creates a different direction of force. Cilia are different because 1) there are lots of arms present on one cell, 2) cilium are shorter in length, and 3) cilium propel the cell in a different direction than flagellum. Cilia and Flagella both contain micro tubes that are arranged in an outer ring of connected microtubles which are around a non connected pair of microtubles. This arrangement is located beneath the plasma membrane.
The basal body attaches the cilia or flagella to a cell, so when the arms of the cilia or flagella move during microtuble sliding. ATP powers the arms during microtuble sliding. The Cilia and Flagella require a huge amount of ATP, which is generated by mitochondria that are found near the basal body. http://sun.menloschool.org/~cweaver/cells/e/mitochondria
Bibliography:
1. Audesirk, Teresa, and Gerald Audesirk. Biology: Life on Earth.. New Jersey:Prentice Hall,1999.
Cool Link: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99399.htm
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