Biological process

GO:0042384

ciliogenesis, cilium formation, microtubule-based flagellum assembly

The assembly of a cilium, a specialized eukaryotic organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole.

cilium biogenesis, cilium morphogenesis, cilium organization

Note that we deem cilium and microtubule-based flagellum to be equivalent.