A flagellum (/ f l ə ˈ dʒ ɛ l əm /; pl.: flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hair-like appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores , and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.

2017年4月27日 · A flagellum is a microscopic hair-like organelle used by cells and microorganisms for movement. The word flagellum in Latin means whip, just like the whipping motion flagella (plural) often use for locomotion.

2025年2月20日 · Flagellum, hairlike structure that acts primarily as an organelle of locomotion in the cells of many living organisms. Flagella, characteristic of the protozoan group Mastigophora, also occur on the gametes of algae, fungi, mosses, slime molds, and animals. Flagellar motion causes water currents.

2023年6月30日 · A flagellum (plural: flagella) is a long, slender, whiplike cellular structure used generally for locomotion. It is like a propeller that spins and pushes the cell forward, allowing it to go where it wants to go.

Flagellum is primarily a motility organelle that enables movement and chemotaxis. Bacteria can have one flagellum or several, and they can be either polar (one or several flagella at one spot) or peritrichous (several flagella all over the bacterium).

The meaning of FLAGELLUM is any of various elongated filiform appendages of plants or animals.

2023年11月7日 · A flagellum or flagella is a lash or hair-like structure present on the cell body that is important for different physiological functions of the cell. The term ‘flagellum’ is the Latin term for whip indicating the long slender structure of the flagellum that resembles a whip.