A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a cilium, a specialized eukaryotic organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole. [ GOC:cilia GOC:jl ]
Synonyms: microtubule-based flagellum organization
Term information
goslim_generic, goslim_drosophila
Term relations
- cellular component organization
- organelle organization
- plasma membrane bounded cell projection organization
- results in organization of some cilium
- only in taxon some Eukaryota
- in taxon only Eukaryota