Why antiplectic metachronal cilia waves are optimal to transport bronchial mucus.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.042405
Abstract: The coordinated beating of epithelial cilia in human lungs is a fascinating problem from the hydrodynamics perspective. The phase lag between neighboring cilia is able to generate collective cilia motions, known as metachronal waves. Different… read more here.
Keywords: bronchial mucus; transport bronchial; mucus; cilia ... See more keywords