-
epithelium in the main
bronchi contains goblet cells,
which are glandular,
modified simple columnar epithelial cells that
produce mucins, the main component...
- The
bronchial circulation is the part of the
systemic circulation that
supplies nutrients and
oxygen to the
cells that
constitute the lungs, as well as...
- the
surface of
ciliated bronchial host
cells. This
binding may
alter cellular chemotaxis and
reduce the
migration of
immune cells into the
lungs of infected...
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Bronchial veins are
thereby part of the
bronchial circulation,
carrying waste products away from the
cells that
constitute the lungs. The
bronchial veins...
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Bronchial brushing is a
procedure in
which cells are
taken from the
inside of the
airway mucosa or
bronchial lesions through catheter-based
brushing under...
-
Neuroendocrine cells are
cells that
receive neuronal input (through
neurotransmitters released by
nerve cells or
neurosecretory cells) and, as a consequence...
-
Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in the
respiratory tract are
known as
bronchial Kulchitsky cells. EC
cells are
small polygonal cells located in the crypts...
- I
cells, also
called type I pneumocytes, or type I
alveolar cells, are squamous, thin and flat and form the
structure of the alveoli. Type II
cells, also...
- in
response to
inhalation of irritants, such as smog or smoke. The
bronchial cells convert from mucus-secreting, ciliated,
columnar epithelium to non-ciliated...
- bronchi. Its
tumor cells are
characterized by a
squamous appearance,
similar to the one
observed in
epidermal cells. Squamous-
cell carcinoma of the lung...
