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What are the tiny projections that sweep trapped paricles and mucus away from the lungs?
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The tiny projections are called cilia.
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What gets trapped in the mucus elevator?
Infectious agents, small aerosol and dust particles are trapped in the mucus elevator to prevent their invasion in lungs.
Debris that is trapped in mucus is moved away from the lungs toward the throat by?
cilia
What is it callled when Air is trapped in lungs and bronchioles are plugged with mucus a type of COPD?
Emphysema
What are bronchi coated with?
The bronchi are located in the lungs and are coated with mucus. They also have cilia which are small hair-like projections on the surface of the bronchi that move the mucus towards the outside of the body.
Projections from the cell that move materials and mucus are?
microtubules
What are the function of epithelial cells?
The cilia on their surface trap dust and microbes, then pass the trapped substances along with mucus to the throat, where they can then be swallowed. This then protects the lungs.
What is the adaptation of a ciliated cell?
Ciliated Epithelial Cells have tiny hairs on them. These hairs sweep away any unwanted things, such as bacteria and dust which is trapped in mucus.
What would happen without your mucus?
Without mucus, your non-skin surfaces would dry out (and those cells would die), less dust would be trapped on the way to your lungs and so the incidence of infection would increase.
How do you use mucus in a sentence?
mucus- mucus in the lungs makes breathing difficult
What are the adaptations of a ciliated cell?
Ciliated CellsThey are adapted by tiny hair like projections called cilia.Produce mucus which traps the bacteria and dust.
What function of mucus in the lungs?
the function of the mucus blanket in the lungs is to filter and moisten the air.
How is smoking harmful to your lungs?
Your lungs are the reasons you body has Oxygen. In your lungs, we do produce mucus, which we cough up because of the cilia in our lungs. Smoking causes this cilia to not move the mucus out of your lungs which in turn causes problems.
