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Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Mucociliary Clearance
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Mucociliary Clearance

Preferred term

Mucociliary Clearance  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A non-specific host defense mechanism that removes MUCUS and other material from the LUNGS by ciliary and secretory activity of the tracheobronchial submucosal glands. It is measured in vivo as mucus transfer, ciliary beat frequency, and clearance of radioactive tracers.

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Entry terms

  • Mucociliary Transport

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XNQC0BNN-X

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