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What are tiny hair-like structures that sweep mucus you to the nose to the throat?
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Tiny hairlike extensions that sweep mucus into the throat is nasal cavities?
Cilia
What is tiny hairlike and sweep mucus around?
Cilia
Are hairlike projections that sweep particles toward the throat?
Cilia
When does a ciliated cell die?
A ciliated cell dies when it finishes doing it job which is either to sweep up mucus to the throat or to brush up dust and destroy it.
How do throat cells stop dirt from going into your lungs?
They don't the only way to keep dirt from going into your throat is to breathe through your nose where your nose hair and mucus provide traps for dirt. Yout throat cells have tiny hairs which trap and prevent dust and dirt from going into your body, you also have these cells in your nose too.
Are villi's hairlike extensions that sweep impurities out of the respiratory tract?
No. Villi help to absorb nutrients.
How does the ciliated cell adapt?
well basically the ciliated cells line all the air passages in your lungs.they have tiny hairs which filter the air as it blows through the hairs also sweep mucus (snot) with trapped dust and bacteria up to the back of the throat where it is swallowed.
What are cilia lungs?
(not an accurate awnser.more research into the question will be needed) the hairs on our lungs cells are called cillia.one of their purposes is to clean the lungs and keep the blood flowing in and out of your lungs
How do the epithelium cells in the windpipe push up dustback up into the throat?
Goblet cells in the epithelium produce mucus that traps the dust and dirt that is taken into the windpipe through the mouth and nose. The long, finger-like cillia cells then sweep the mucus back up the windpipe to the throat where it can be swallowed and then destroyed in the stomach by the digestive juices and acids.
True or false the cilia and mucus in the trachea sweep upward moving the mucus toward the nose where it is sneezed out?
True
The cilia and mucus in the trachea sweep upward moving the mucus toward the nose where it is sneezed out true or false?
The answer is true.
What 2 structural features of the tracheal lining function to prevent dirt and other particles from entering the lower respiratory tract?
Mucus and cilia. The dirt and other impurities that enter the respiratory tract are trapped by the mucus, in order not to enter the lungs and its structures. But the accumulation of too much mucus in the trachea would impede us from breathing, so the cilia sweep the mucus out of the trachea.
