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Mucociliary clearance
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Mucociliary clearance, mucociliary transport, or the mucociliary escalator describes the self-clearing mechanism of the airways in the respiratory system. It is one of the two protective processes for
Ciliated epithelium in bronchus with short microvilli on non-ciliated cells
Ciliated epithelium in bronchus with short microvilli on non-ciliated cells
Scanning electron micrograph of the cilia projecting from respiratory epithelium in the trachea involved in mucociliary clearance.
Scanning electron micrograph of the cilia projecting from respiratory epithelium in the trachea involved in mucociliary clearance.
Accumulated mucus in the airways resulting from impaired mucociliary clearance, that may involve mucus hypersecretion.
Accumulated mucus in the airways resulting from impaired mucociliary clearance, that may involve mucus hypersecretion.