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A Cytological Study Of The Ciliated Epithelium Of Nucula Castrensis Hinds., Dorothy Blumer

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Ever since the latter part of the 17th century, when ciliary movement was first observed, the study of ciliated cells has been of great interest to biologists, particularly to physiologists. In 1713 Leeuwenhoek recorded some observations he made on ciliary activity, using his primitive microscope. A knowledge of the structure and function of ciliated cells is also of importance in that branch of medicine pertaining to disorders of the respiratory passages and the movement of the ovum in the uterine tubes. The bivalve molluscs have come to be the classical example for the study of ciliated cells, both because of …