Defense Mechanisms of the Respiratory System
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 32 (1) , 45-50
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1308754
Abstract
The mammalian respiratory tract is endowed with an airway of coordinated specific and nonspecific defense mechanisms that protect both it and the body in general from the many potentially damaging materials inhaled daily. This paper provides an overview of these mechanisms.Keywords
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