cilium

organelle found on eukaryotic cells
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cilium

Summary

cilium is a cellular component[1]. cilium ranks in the top 5% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cilium's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • cilium's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85025973[4].
  • cilium's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119810838[5].
  • cilium's subclass of is recorded as plasma membrane bounded cell projection[6].
  • cilium's subclass of is recorded as cell appendage[7].
  • cilium's subclass of is recorded as membrane-bounded organelle[8].
  • cilium's Commons category is recorded as Cilia[9].
  • cilium's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002923[10].
  • cilium's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58337[11].
  • cilium's has part is recorded as intraciliary transport particle[12].
  • cilium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0btzf[13].
  • cilium's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.180.165[14].
  • cilium's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0005929[15].
  • cilium's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph884856[16].
  • cilium's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1653378[17].
  • cilium's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0090484[18].
  • cilium's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0090485[19].
  • cilium's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0168432[20].
  • cilium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • cilium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • cilium's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 67181[23].
  • cilium's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/cilium[24].
  • cilium's used by is recorded as Ciliophora[25].
  • cilium's BBC Things ID is recorded as b2f1b5b2-ec4d-4db5-9595-31e2ca7d4d52[26].
  • cilium's Terminologia Histologica is recorded as H1.00.01.1.01014[27].

Why It Matters

cilium ranks in the top 5% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[2] cilium has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cilium is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cilium. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cilium
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cilium_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cilium}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cilium}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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