Find
reliable reference information to help answer these
QUESTIONS
about ciliary motion:
As shown below, ciliary
motion is a moving wave. With the passage of one wave,
each cilium goes through a
power stroke
phase, shown in
green, and a
recovery stroke
phase, shown in
red.
1).
In what direction does the ciliary wave appear to be moving?
(left-to-right, or right-to-left?)
2)
Note that the cilia
are attached to a black bar.. In which direction would ciliary
motion tend to propel this bar, if the bar was free to move?
3)
What is meant by the term "metachronal
rhythm"?
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Movement of one cilium