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These structures name a cell type marked by FOXJ1 (“fox-J-one”), which is required for these structures’ biogenesis. In the absence of one ligand, GLI3 (“glee-three”) is cleaved into a repressor due to the enrichment of Smoothened in these structures. The opening of MET channels unleashes a calcium cascade after a “kino” (“KYE-no”) one of these structures (15[1])is pushed (-5[1])over during sound transduction. Wnt (“wint”) and (*) Hedgehog signaling components are localized from the transitional zone to these structures by IFT particles. “Primary” types of these structures lack the inner doublets of the 9+2 (-5[1])(“nine-plus-two”) axoneme found in a related type of these structures. An eponymous “clearance” that removes mucus from the respiratory tract is powered by these structures’ synchronized “beating.” For 10 points, name these hairlike microtubular (10[1])appendages contrasted with flagella. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: cilia [or cilium; accept primary cilia; accept kinocilium]
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