mucociliary clearance
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
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mucociliary clearance
Summary
mucociliary clearance is a biological process[1]. It draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #200 of 442).[2]
Key Facts
- mucociliary clearance's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
- mucociliary clearance's subclass of is recorded as respiratory system process[4].
- mucociliary clearance's subclass of is recorded as epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement[5].
- mucociliary clearance's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009079[6].
- mucociliary clearance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04184m4[7].
- mucociliary clearance's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.370.386.520[8].
- mucociliary clearance's MeSH tree code is recorded as G09.772.555[9].
- mucociliary clearance's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0120197[10].
- mucociliary clearance's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/mucociliary-escalator[11].
- mucociliary clearance's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1217cmnz[12].
- mucociliary clearance's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0120197[13].
- mucociliary clearance's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0026687[14].
- mucociliary clearance's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as mucociliary-clearance[15].
- mucociliary clearance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 114682108[16].
- mucociliary clearance's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C114682108[17].
Why It Matters
mucociliary clearance draws 84 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #200 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]