Definitions for "Kinetosome"
tubular cylinder of 9 triplets of microtubules; homologue of centriole; at base of a cilium just beneath the surface of the organism.
Subpellicular, cylindrical structures composed of nine longitudinal equally spaced peripheral tubules each composed of three microtubules. The embedded basal body produces a cilium or flagellum.
Centriole from which an axoneme arises. Also called a basal body or blepharoplast.