Cilia differ from flagella in the following ways (choose all that apply) Group of answer choices all of these answers are correct cilia are more numerous on the cell that has them compared to flagella they typically are shorter and more broad cilia and flagella are terms that can be used interchangeably because there are no significant differences between them
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