Term Information

Accession
GO:0120197
Name
mucociliary clearance
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
mucociliary transport, MCC, MCT
Alternate IDs
None
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. Source: GOC:krc, PMID:24119105, PMID:27864314
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0120197 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of mucociliary clearance (GO:0120197)
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mucociliary clearance [is_a relation] is_a  epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement (GO:0003351)
mucociliary clearance [is_a relation] is_a  respiratory system process (GO:0003016)

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