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Tiny hairs called cilia (pronounced: sih-lee-uh) protect the nasal passageways and other parts of the respiratory tract, filtering out dust and other particles that enter the nose with the breathed air. As air is inhaled, the cilia move back and forth, pushing any foreign matter (like dust) either toward the nostrils, where it is blown out, or toward the pharynx, where it travels through the digestive system and out with the rest of the body's waste.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt keeps dirt from staying inside your lungs. Being full of dirt (or any other foreign substance, for that matter) would make them less able to function correctly.
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∙ 11y agoI think cillia sweeps away disease causing substances like bacteria, viruses, etc
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How does cilia prevent pathogens from entering your body?
Cilia protect your body from pathogens up to a certain extent. The cilia in your lungs prevent dust particles and other such particles you breathe from entering your lungs by trapping them and sweeping them away. The cilia located on the cell membrane prevents certain substances from entering the selectively permeable cell membrane through that same manner. However, if you get a cut or something, cilia are not really going to protect pathogens from entering your body from that cut.
How do antigens protect the body from diseases?
Antigens do not protect the body from disease. Antibodies protect the body from many diseases.
How do Vaginal secretions protect the body from disease?
Vaginal Secretions techniquely do not protect the body from disease. For example, STD, women still get them. However it does protect the body from infections. The secretion is very acidic and kills most infections.
When the body have overcome disease to protect against a disease or illness is known as?
Immunity
What is the job of the cilia?
The job of cilia is to line all along air passages such as, lungs and the nose ect. And is designed to stop dust and bacteria. Also cilia can be damaged or destroyed if are a heavy smoker.
manufactured by the body to help protect you from disease?
Antibodies
Why does the body need to protect itself from disease?
If you knew what a disease was, you'd know that they are things that harm or kill people. Then you'd know why the body needs to protect against them.
The purpose of the body's immune system is to protect the body from?
Immune system protects the body from any type of foreign antigen or pathogen which can cause disease. It also protect from particles to cause disease in human body.
How do vaccines protect the body from diseases?
A vaccines helps because they put some of the disease in your body then your body can get use to it so if you get that disease your body can easily fight it out of you!
What is an example of a disease in which cilia are damaged?
Smoking.
How active vaccination protect the body against disease?
Active vaccination produces antibodies against the particular organism. These antibodies kill the invading pathogen and protect the body against the disease.
Does cilia protect the cell at all?
Yes, but it is mostly for moment . did you know that plants cells have cilia if you did not know.
