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Fig. 15: Infraciliature - postciliary microtubules

A post ciliary ribbon (pc mt) runs from the proximal left side of the basal body and arches toward the cell surface where it ends near the longitudinal ribbon (lo mt) at the crest of the pellicular ridge. mu, mucocyst; kd, kinetodesmal fiber; m, mitochondrion; ps, extension of parasomal sac. EM taken on 8/6/65 by R. Allen on RCA TEM. Neg. 18,400X. Bar = 0.2µm.
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