Types of movement

The different types of movements that occur in the cells of our body are amoeboid, ciliary, flagellar and muscular movement.

  • Amoeboid movement - Cells such as macrophages exhibit amoeboid movement for engulfing pathogens by pseudopodia formed by the streaming movement of the cytoplasm.

  • Ciliary movement - This type of movement occurs in the respiratory passages and genital tracts which are lined by ciliated epithelial cells.

  • Flagellar movement - This type of movement occurs in the cells which are having flagella or whip-like motile organelle. The sperm cells show flagellar movement.

  • Muscular movement - The movement of hands, legs, jaws, tongue are caused by the contraction and relaxation of the muscle which is termed as the muscular movement.


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