Describe the 9+2 arrangement of organization in the axoneme of cilia/flagella.

Dear student,

Please find below the diagram showing 9+2 arrangement. 

  


Here the diagram shows the axis of a cilium or flagellum consists of microtubles arranged in a nine-fold radial symmetry, and is called the axoneme. that it consists of 11 longitudinal fibrils, 2 central and 9 peripheral (i.e., 9+2 arrangement).

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