There are a number of ways in which a cell can move from one point in space to another. In a liquid medium, that method may be some sort of swimming, utilizing ciliary or flagellar movement to propel ...There are a number of ways in which a cell can move from one point in space to another. In a liquid medium, that method may be some sort of swimming, utilizing ciliary or flagellar movement to propel the cell. On solid surfaces, those mechanisms clearly will not work efficiently, and the cell undergoes a crawling process. In this section, we begin with a discussion of ciliary/flagellar movement, and then consider the more complicated requirements of cellular crawling.
There are a number of ways in which a cell can move from one point in space to another. In a liquid medium, that method may be some sort of swimming, utilizing ciliary or flagellar movement to propel ...There are a number of ways in which a cell can move from one point in space to another. In a liquid medium, that method may be some sort of swimming, utilizing ciliary or flagellar movement to propel the cell. On solid surfaces, those mechanisms clearly will not work efficiently, and the cell undergoes a crawling process. In this section, we begin with a discussion of ciliary/flagellar movement, and then consider the more complicated requirements of cellular crawling.
