Sentences with phrase «microscopic hairs called»

These include the microscopic hairs called cilia, which are found in the nasal passages.

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Those microscopic offspring — called veligers and as small as one - tenth of a millimeter in diameter — are covered with little hairs that help them catch currents and waves and «swim» to new locations during the first few weeks of their lives.

The gecko's feet are covered in microscopic hairs, called setae, which branch into thousands of smaller hairs with paddle - shaped ends.

The microscopic belly hairs on the male freshwater Micronecta may help amplify its mating call.

We detect sound using sensory cells sporting microscopic hairlike projections, and when these so - called hair cells deep inside the inner ear are destroyed by illness or loud noise, they are gone forever.

Mange is a generic term that describes a hair loss and skin condition caused by microscopic parasites, called mites that live on or in the skin.