Mucociliary Clearance

"Mucociliary Clearance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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Bar chart showing 15 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2009 and 2010 and 2012
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