FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term mucociliary clearance ID (Ontology) GO:0120197 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The respiratory system process driven by motile cilia on epithelial cells of the respiratory tract by which mucus and associated inhaled particles and pathogens trapped within it are moved out of the airways.[ PubMed:24119105 PubMed:27864314 ]
Also Known As "mucociliary transport"
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cilium movement                                                          |
 |__epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement__|
extracellular transport                                                  |
 |__epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement__|
respiratory gaseous exchange by respiratory system                       |
 |__respiratory system process___________________________________________|
microtubule-based transport                                              |
 |__epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement__|
                                                                         mucociliary clearance
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