Long, hair-like structures, known as ciliated cells, are important for the bronchi’s self-clearing mechanisms. Large, round extrusions, known as goblet cells, secrete mucous to catch dust ...

The trachea has a number of adaptations: cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium and goblet cells to clean the air before it reaches the lungs Goblet ...

I n a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have provided new insights into the central role of goblet cells-;specialized cells that line the gut-;in maintaining a ...