Mucociliary clearance (MCC), mucociliary transport, or the mucociliary escalator describes the self-clearing mechanism of the airways in the respiratory...

other secretions. Several respiratory diseases cause the normal mucociliary clearance mechanism to become impaired resulting in a build-up of mucus which...

and impairing mucociliary clearance. A respiratory therapist can recommend airway clearance therapy which uses a number of clearance techniques to help...

infection and tissue injury by the secretion of mucus and the action of mucociliary clearance. The respiratory epithelium lining the upper respiratory airways...

composition of which is tightly regulated and determines how well mucociliary clearance works. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells are found throughout the respiratory...

systemically to great extent because they are only partially removed by mucociliary clearance, which results in orally mediated absorption when the transported...

7 to 22 times per second, and any impairment can result in poor mucociliary clearance, with subsequent upper and lower respiratory infection. Cilia also...

epithelial cells – around 200 cilia per cell, where they function in mucociliary clearance, and also have mechanosensory and chemosensory functions. Motile...

results from clogging of the airways due to mucus build-up, decreased mucociliary clearance, and resulting inflammation. In later stages, changes to the structure...

structures that are found in the respiratory tract, involved in the mucociliary clearance mechanism. A number of devices have been sold to trim nasal hair...