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Uninfected cells grew in lawns resembling lush grasslands, where the tufts of waving fronds are actually hairlike protrusions called cilia, which grow from the tops of airway-lining cells, the team confirmed.
THE BODY’S RESPONSE TO ALLERGIC ASTHMA ALSO HELPS PROTECT AGAINST COVID-19TINA HESMAN SAEYMAY 2, 2022SCIENCE NEWSThe minimal protrusion came, in part, because the body is also efficiently designed.
JABRA ELITE 7 ACTIVE REVIEW: A PERFECT FIT?ANDREW WAITEJANUARY 12, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCEShe’d come sideways off the wall and hit her head on a protrusion in the rock, which gouged a quarter-size hole into the left side of her forehead.
EMILY HARRINGTON MADE HISTORY ON EL CAP. SHE’S STILL ASCENDING.JVERSTEEGHJULY 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINECells that line the respiratory tract and their hairlike protrusions called cilia help clear airways of inhaled particles and pathogens.
LUNG CELL IMAGES SHOW HOW INTENSE A CORONAVIRUS INFECTION CAN BEJONATHAN LAMBERTSEPTEMBER 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe mantle cavity is also closed with the exception of a small hole left for the protrusion of the small foot.
THE SEA SHOREWILLIAM S. FURNEAUXThe hole in the shell serves for the protrusion of a pedicel or foot by means of which the animal is enabled to attach itself.
THE SEA SHOREWILLIAM S. FURNEAUXNo doubt the protrusion of the cirri effectively aids the act of opening.
A MONOGRAPH ON THE SUB-CLASS CIRRIPEDIA (VOLUME 2 OF 2)CHARLES DARWINPerhaps I have blundered about Primula; but certainly not about mere protrusion of pollen-tubes.
MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME IICHARLES DARWINThe complication which makes the accident so unfortunate for the patient is the protrusion of the intestines.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSThere is noticeable distension of the joint capsule—a characteristic pendant pouching protrusion.
LAMENESS OF THE HORSEJOHN VICTOR LACROIXWORDS RELATED TO PROTRUSION
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