The Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Activity of Cilia: A Study on Rabbit Sinus Mucosa in Vitro
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Vol. 103 (1-2) , 156-160
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016488709134712
Abstract
The relation of ciliary activity to the partial pressure of carbon dioxide was studied with a photoelectric method on rabbit sinus mucosa in vitro. A dose-response relationship was found, where by ciliary activity was impaired at pCO2 above 5 kPa. The effect of elevated partial pressure of carbon dioxide on ciliary activity in secretory otitis media and sinusitis is discussed.Keywords
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