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Basal bodies (also called kinetosomes) are organelles that are not membrane-bound. All eukaryotic flagella (also called undulipodia) are underlain or attached to the cell by the basal body. The basal body is a microtubular structure with the general formula 9(3)+0. They are indistinguishable from centrioles.