Mucociliary Transport (VIDEO)

University of Iowa Health Care

Caption

This video shows movement of particles on a flattened segment of trachea removed from a non-CF pig. During the video, particles were added at the bottom and moved upward toward the head. The video is 80 times faster than real time.

Credit

Anthony Fischer, Mark Hoegger and the University of Iowa

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