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Respiratory epithelia such as cover the surface of the nose, the sinus, the Eustachian tube, the upper airways of the lung, etc. are designed to protect the underlying tissue and to keep the surface free from air-borne pollutants and from tissue generated particulate waste.
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Silberberg, A. (1982). Biorheological matching: muco-ciliary interaction and epithelial clearance. In: Giesekus, H., Kirschke, K., Schurz, J. (eds) Progress and Trends in Rheology. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12809-1_65
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