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| | 04/30/04 - 03:13 PM  
 
   
 
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How are dust particles removed from the lung when they settles on the walls of large airways?
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| Salman23 Forum Senior
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| | 04/30/04 - 03:43 PM  
 
   
 
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I guess macrophages would engulf them..!
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| mjl1717 Forum Hero

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| | 04/30/04 - 03:55 PM  
 
   
 
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| rubensssss Forum Guru
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| | 04/30/04 - 09:47 PM  
 
   
 
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Cilia
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| mjl1717 Forum Hero

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| | 04/30/04 - 10:28 PM  
 
   
 
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They are transported to the epiglottis on the layer of mucous which is moved by ciliary action and swallowed
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| StormBlade Forum Newbie
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| | 08/05/08 - 03:19 PM  
 
   
 
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there must be also dust cells(alveolar macrophages) swallowing them
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