The bundle of microtubules and associated proteins that forms the core of cilia (also called flagella) in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for their movements. [ GOC:cilia GOC:bf https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198547684 ]
Synonyms: flagellum axoneme flagellar axoneme ciliary axoneme cilium axoneme
Term information
goslim_pir
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 entity
- has part some microtubule
- part of some ciliary plasm
- part of some cytoskeleton