• Question: Can you eat a cilia cell?

    Asked by paulita to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 14 Mar 2012:


      Ciliated cells are cells covered in tiny hair-like projections known as cilia. Single-celled organisms and ciliated epithelial cells found in many types of animal tissues can be referred to as ciliated cells.

      We would accidentally swallow many ciliated cells everyday without knowing. These do not cause any harm and are just part of the normal cell shedding that happens everyday.

    • Photo: Laura Waters

      Laura Waters answered on 15 Mar 2012:


      You wouldn’t even taste them!

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