Pseudo-stratified Ciliated columnar epithelium is the technical term of the tissue it creates because the layers that the cells create are uneven making the tissue Pseudo-stratified, and the long rectangular and cylindrical shape of the cells makes the tissue columnar and as a whole this tissue is classified as smooth tissue. Surrounding the cell are hair like particles called "Cilia" that stick out of the cell. The purpose of cilia is to help the cell move along the tissue or to get rid of unwanted particles move past the cell; cilia can perform those functions because they typically flow in one direction.
The cell itself is very basic, unlike our human Eukaryota cells, Ciliated Cells are Prokaryotic and contain a nucleus, and a membrane with the cilia hairs along the edge.
There are many different functions for this type of cell, and its function depends on its location, but more often than not, these cells are found in air way passages like nose and lungs. When these cells are in the nose, their function is first to filter out the air that goes through us. All of the large and unwanted particles that go through the nose are filtered out through the Ciliated cells. When a person is ill, mucus will build up in their airways and will block particles from escaping. Mobile Ciliated cells will move the mucus out of the lungs and eventually out of the body. The mobility of these cells are energy generated from enzymes that use adenosine triphosphate to make the cell mobile. The enzyme attaches to the fibers of the cell which generated enough energy to move the cell in one direction.
Another function of conjoined cells is to flow cerebral fluids through out the ventricles of the brain to keep that brain healthy, protected, and ready for relay signals.
The cilia at the edge of the cell make up microtubules which make up the cells cytoskeleton and gives it structure. Those microtubules then bind together by linkage proteins to make stronger tubes.
The large white globs consist of the mucus that is being captured by the Cilia hairs along the Cilliated cells.
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