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Ciliated Columnar Epithelial

Epithelial cells with cilia in respiratory tract, fallopian tubes.

Move mucus, debris via ciliary action.

  • Clear airways in lungs (American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 2003).
  • Transport eggs in oviducts (Reproductive Biology, 2001).
  • Derived from epithelial cells (Journal of Cell Science, 2005).

Line respiratory, reproductive tracts.