state the function of ciliated columnar epithelium in respiratory tract

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In the respiratory tract, the columnar epithelial tissue also has cilia, which are hair like projections on the outer surface of epithelial cells. these cilia can move, and their movement pushes the mucus forward to clear it. this type of epithelial is thus called columnar epithelial.
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