To aid in assessing the impact of chemicals and drugs on cilia function in the small airway epithelium, the lung cilia beat frequency analysis in vitro assay is the ideal option. Using the ...

Cilia are small hairs which beat to push the mucus back up the trachea so it can be swallowed and destroyed in the stomach. Clean air then enters the two bronchi, one bronchus going to each lung.

Cilia protect your body from getting infected and remove dust particles from the lungs, and when damaged frequently, can cause bronchitis. Bronchitis happens when the tube that carries air to and ...