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 ...

Improved lung function will help the lung clean itself more effectively. After a few months, the cilia in your lungs start working efficiently again. Cilia are little hairs that sweep out toxins ...

Bronchial tubes connect your lungs to airways and are lined with little hairs called cilia that move in wave-like patterns, which pushes mucus up your throat. At the base of the bronchial tubes ...

Cilia are hair-like structures on the surface of your cells and are found in your lungs, airways, and other areas. They move in a wave-like motion to help position organs during a baby’s growth ...

It can also cause lung and tissue damage and reduced air spaces and blood vessels. This type of damage reduces oxygen to vital body areas. Cilia are broom-like hairs that line the nasal passages ...

The genetic condition PCD is caused by defects in tiny hairlike structures in the lungs called cilia that move germs and debris caught in mucus out of the airways. When cilia don’t function ...

Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased mortality.

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 ...

Countless tiny hairs (cilia) are found on the outer wall of some cells, for example in our lungs or in our brain. When these micrometer-sized hairs coordinate their movement and produce wave-like ...

Within this organizer, motile cilia, hair-like structures on the cell ... This research was supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute ...