A motile cilium where the axoneme has a ring of nine outer microtubule doublets but no central microtubules (and is therefore called a 9+0 axoneme). [ GOC:cilia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22118931 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10330409 ]
Synonyms: motile 9+0 cilium
Term information
This type of cilia may be present in solitary (classic nodal cilia in embryonic nodes) or in multiple copies (e.g. in the choroid plexus epithelium).
Term relations
- motile cilium
- has part some axonemal doublet microtubule
- has part some outer dynein arm
- has part some inner dynein arm