Match the following items with the correct phrases.

_______1. Short, hairlike projections used as organelles of locomotion by some eucaryotic cells.
_______2. Found on some bacteria; they serve an antiphagocytic function.
_______3. Found on some bacteria; they enable the bacteria to adhere to surfaces.
_______4. Composed of a protein called flagellin.
_______5. Long, whiplike structures having an internal organization that is described as a “9 + 2” arrangement of microtubules.

a. pili
b. cilia
c. eucaryotic flagella
d. capsules
e. procaryotic flagella


1. b. cilia
2. d. capsules
3. a. pili
4. e. procaryotic flagella
5. c. eucaryotic flagella

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