Cilia
A) are shorter and often more numerous than flagella.
B) are composed of microfilaments.
C) are composed of intermediate filaments.
D) propel ribosomes through the cytoplasm.
E) propel organelles through the cytoplasm.

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Cilia are shorter and more numerous than flagella, allowing for more efficient movement or creating currents in the surrounding fluid. They are composed of microtubules, not microfilaments or intermediate filaments, and they propel fluid and particles along the cell surface, not ribosomes or organelles.