These cilia are linked to signaling pathways that regulate their motility, allowing epithelial tissues in airways to sense toxins or noxious compounds and help protect the lungs. Motile cilia on ...

The posterior side of the iris faces the anterior side of the ciliary process. The ciliary epithelium is in constant contact with the aqueous humor of the posterior chamber. The precise nature of ...

After mucus ascends the trachea, it is propelled through the vocal cords by ciliary epithelium in the posterior commissure of the larynx. It then enters the pharynx and is swallowed, with ...

"Epithelial cell layers line all of the inner and outer body and organ surfaces in the human body, for example in the lung, intestine, pancreas and in the inner ear," said Moritz Gegg. Cilia ...

Jackson and his colleagues zoomed in on two structures found on multiciliated epithelial cells: cilia and microvilli. Although both are well known, neither structure has previously been implicated ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium. In this group Chang was impressed by the more conspicuous basal-cell ...

Finger-like protrusions called cilia on the surface of the human mucous membrane, or epithelium, sway back and forth when irritated. This coordinated 'beating' movement of the cilia helps to ...

The epithelium is a type of tissue that covers many different surfaces on the inside and the outside of your body. Epithelial cells are packed tightly together and serve as a barrier between the ...

The multiciliated cells in nasal epithelium carry structures called microvilli, spikes that protrude from cells and move particles. One multiciliated cell can also have hundreds of motile cilia, and ...

It showed that two common e-cigarette flavorings can have a damaging effect on the functioning of cilia, small hair-like projections that arise from epithelial cells that line the human airway.