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subpellicular microtubule (medicine)


subpellicular microtubule


A microtubule lying beneath the unit membrane (pellicle) of many protozoans, often as a palisade of longitudinally arranged fibrils connected by fine lateral bridges that support the external cell form; in certain sporozoan stages a fixed number of microtubule's are found, extending longitudinally from the polar ring.

Synonym: subpellicular fibril.