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===Cytoskeleton=== {{Main article|Cytoskeleton}} The cytoskeleton (''cyto-'' meaning 'cell'<ref>"cyt- ''or'' cyto-". {{Harvnb|Mish|2003|page=312}}.</ref>) is used to stabilize and preserve the form of the cells. It is a dynamic structure that maintains cell shape, protects the cell, enables cellular motion using structures such as [[flagella]], [[cilia]] and [[lamellipodia]], and transport within cells such as the movement of [[Vesicle (biology)|vesicles]] and [[organelle]]s, and plays a role in cellular division. The cytoskeleton is not a skeleton in the sense that it provides the structural system for the body of an animal; rather, it serves a similar function at the cellular level.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fletcher |first1=Daniel A. |last2=Mullins |first2=R. Dyche |date=2010 |title=Cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=463 |issue=7280 |pages=485β492 |doi=10.1038/nature08908 |pmid=20110992 |pmc=2851742 |bibcode=2010Natur.463..485F |issn=1476-4687}}</ref>
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