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Record 1 1987-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Respiratory System
CONT

The airways of the respiratory tract are lined with tall, columnar, ciliated epithelium dotted with mucus-secreting cells. In a healthy body, constant ciliary activity moves the overlying blanket of mucus upward. This important cleansing mechanism is called the muco-ciliary elevator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Appareil respiratoire
CONT

Les substances insolubles forment un complexe micellaire avec le surfactant (73, 88); elles sont ensuite soit directement éliminées par le goulot d'étranglement de la jonction bronchiolo-alvéolaire par l'escalier mucociliaire, soit phagocytées avant d'être éliminées par la même voie, soit enfin passent dans l'insertitium.

Spanish

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