A set of four specialized microtubules that originates from the basal bodies and wraps around the ciliary pocket membrane, likely supporting its distinct flask shape. [ GOC:krc http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66859 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32518185 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19299460 GOC:ach ]
Synonyms: ciliary MtQ
Term information
Note that cilia and eukaryotic flagella are deemed to be equivalent. In diplomonad species, such as Giardia, the axoneme may extend intracellularly up to 5um away from the plane of the plasma membrane.
Term relations
- cellular anatomical structure
- part of some cilium
- has part some microtubule
- part of some cytoskeleton