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What Microscopic hairs in airway that keeps dirt out of the lungs?
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Filters air before it enters the other parts of the respiratory tract?
There are tiny hairs called Cilia which lines the airway. Possibly this is what you are thinking about. These tiny hairs trap dirt particles in the air and move them out of the lungs.
Which organ is an airway?
The lungs
What is the airway from the mouth to the lungs?
The Windpipe, also known as the trachea, is the airway from the mouth to the lungs.
What is the airway to the lungs?
feet
What is the cavity lined with cilia?
The inner walls of the lungs are covered with cilia, small microscopic hairs that are consistently moving in a wave-like flow upwards toward the throat and mouth.
What is the function of a ciliated cell in the airway?
The ciliated cells has tiny hairs on it, called cilia, which sweep mucus, which is produced by goblet cells, up the airway. The mucus traps dirt particles and stop them from entering the lungs and causing infection. The ciliated cell therefore sweeps mucus up the airway where it is either swallowed or coughed out.
What is in the upper airway?
The nose, pharynx, and trachea are the parts of the upper airway. The tubes of the lungs comprise the lower airway.
How is air carried into the lungs?
from nose through airway in throat into lungs
What is The airway from mouth to lungs in a fetal pig?
Trachea
What covers the airway to the lungs to prevent anything other than air from going into your lungs?
Epiglottis
Is Bronchoplasty a surgery to restore the airway tubes to the lungs?
YES
The immediate concern of chlorine exposure is the effects on the?
Airway and lungs
