The basal body, which anchors the cilium to the apical cytoplasm, has a microtubule arrangement similar to which other organelle?
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Correct answer: Centrioles
Basal bodies are derived from centrioles and share the same '9+0' arrangement of nine microtubule triplets. They act as the template or nucleation site for the assembly of the ciliary axoneme.
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