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in vorticella (Fig. 117). The liquid waste flows 

 from the protoplasm into these spaces, the pro- 

 toplasm then pushes together and forces the 

 waste out of the body. 



1. Describe the position, appearance, and action of the con- 



tractile vacuoles. 



2. State in your own words the use of the contractile vacuoles. 



3. Sketch the contractile vacuoles in your drawing of the para- 



mecium and label. 



F. Reproduction of paramecium. (Optional demonstration.) 



All the time while you are studying the parame- 

 cium be on the lookout for forms that are dividing. 

 If you do not see any, examine mounted slides that 

 show the paramecium dividing. Make a sketch 

 three inches long of a paramecium dividing, to show 

 --how it reproduces. 



120. External structure and locomotion. In form a 

 paramecium resembles somewhat the shape of a slipper, 

 hence it is sometimes called the "slipper-animal" (Fig. 118). 



contract//* vacoole 



food vacuoles t , f 



/ ^ confracMe vacuofe 



cilia 



nucleus 



FIG. 118. The paramecium. (Dahlgren.) 



Extending from all parts of its outer surface are many tiny 

 projections of protoplasm that look like colorless hairs; 

 these are known as cilia (singular cilium). In locomotion 



