Your respiratory system has built-in methods to keep harmful things in the air from entering your lungs. Hairs in your nose help filter out large particles. Tiny hairs, called cilia, along your ...

But the coronavirus throws that system out of whack. When it infects respiratory tract cells, the virus appears to clear tracts of cilia, and without the hairlike structures, the cells stop moving ...

Cilia remove inhaled pathogens from the respiratory tract ... The Cornell team first planned a control system virtually, collaborating with University of Cambridge researchers to digitally ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium ... off the superficial layers of respiratory epithelial cells.

Four cilia types have been identified in humans and all have been associated with human disease: motile 9+2 cilia (such as respiratory ... the central nervous system, the skeleton or other organ ...

Tiny hairs called cilia trap large pieces of debris and waft them out of the airways; the reflexes of sneezing and coughing help to expel particles from the respiratory system and the production of ...

The human respiratory system is a network of organs responsible ... The bronchial tubes are lined with tiny hairs called cilia that move back and forth, carrying mucus up and out.

Regular exposure to smoke can weaken your immune system, irritate your respiratory tract, and reduce other natural defenses, like cilia function. It’s been established that smoking increases ...

They move from side to side to sweep away any micro-organisms, fluids, and dead cells in the respiratory system, and to help transport the sperm and egg in the reproductive system. Odds are, however, ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...