Diagram Of A Paramecium

The diagram of paramecium shows ciliary slipper shaped elongated structure.

Diagram of a paramecium. It can visible to the naked eyes as a whitish or greyish spot. Fresh water free living omnipresent and is found in stagnant water. It is located posterior to cytostome.

If you are interested in biology also read this notes structure of a sperm cell. In this article we will discuss about the structure of paramecium. Its body is elongated and blunt rounded end and somewhat pointed at posterior end.

Labeled diagram of paramecium. The undigested food is expelled out through an opening called cytopyge. All pictures are free to be saved just click on the picture to enlarge and save it.

The paramecium moves by spiraling through the water on an invisible axis. What appears to be the cell membrane is actually a part called the pellicle. Paramecium diagram representation of respiration excretion and osmoregulation.

For the paramecium to move backward the cilia simply beat forward on an angle. Body like a slipper with anterior end narrow and rounded and posterior e c broad and pointed. As you read the information fill in the blanks on your worksheet and identify the structures on your diagram.

This will also help you to draw the structure and diagram of paramecium. First observe the outside of the organism. If the paramecium runs into a solid object the cilia change direction and beat forward causing the paramecium to go backward.