These are located in the lungs. Your lungs are made up of elastic ... hair-like structures line the lungs and air pathways. These are called cilia. They clean up any dust or dirt that’s found ...

The air then travels through bronchial tubes, which move air in and out of your lungs. All along your airways, mucus and hair-like structures called cilia get rid of dust and dirt that come in ...

Structurally similar to the trachea, the two primary bronchi are located inside the lungs. The right bronchus ... Microscopic, hair-like cilia move the cleansing mucus up to the pharynx—part ...

Your sense of taste doesn't end in your mouth: Cilia lining airways leading to the lungs express taste receptors and alter their undulations in the presence of bitter ...

One study even found that e-cigarettes suppress immune cells in your nose. They also destroy the cilia in your lungs. Cilia are tiny, hair-like structures that trap viruses and debris and sweep ...

They say they have shown for the first time that alcohol impairs an important defence barrier to lung infections, and that smoking intensifies this. Rats exposed to alcohol and smoke lost movement of ...

ATS 2025, San Francisco – Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated ... the link between BPD and cilia, tiny hairlike structures ...