Four Physiologic Defenses of the Upper Part of the Respiratory Tract: Ciliary Action, Exchange of Mucin, Regeneration and Adaptability
Authors: Anderson Hilding
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 August 1932Four Physiologic Defenses of the Upper Part of the Respiratory Tract: Ciliary Action, Exchange of Mucin, Regeneration and AdaptabilityANDERSON HILDING, M.D.ANDERSON HILDING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-2-227 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI shall give the results of some studies in connection with a tremendously interesting and but poorly understood structure; namely, the mucosa of the upper part of the respiratory tract. This work resulted from a study of the common cold.3 In connection with that, the textbooks and periodicals were thoroughly searched for an adequate discussion of the physiology and pathology of the nasal mucosa. Nothing satisfactory was found anywhere. Consequently, I began a special physiologic study.In this presentation, four factors in the armamentarium of defense of the nasal mucosa will be considered. They are ciliary activity, exchange of mucin,...References1 ARNOLDOSTROMSINGER LMLC: Autosterilizing power of the nasal mucous membrane, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1928, xxv, 624-627. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 GRAY J: Ciliary movement, New York, Macmillan Co., 1928, 170 pp. Google Scholar3 HILDING A: The common cold, Arch. Otolaryngol., 1930, xii, 133-150. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 HILDING A: The influence of ciliary activity on the bacteriology of the nose, Proc. Staff Meetings of Mayo Clinic, 1931, vi, 320-321. Google Scholar5 HILDING A: The physiology of drainage of nasal mucus, Arch. Otolaryngol., 1932, xv, 92-100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 HILDING A: Experimental surgery of the nose and sinuses. 1. Changes in morphology of the epithelium following variations in ventilation, Arch. Otolaryngol., (in press). Google Scholar7 MAXWELL : Quoted by Gray. Google Scholar8 MCDONALDLEISURELENNEMAN JFCEEE: New principles in the control of the activity of ciliated epithelium. Tr. Am. Acad. Ophth. and Oto-Laryngol, 1928, 318-354. Google Scholar9 PARKER GH: The elementary nervous system, London, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1919, 229 pp. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Read before the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 5, 1932, with motion picture demonstration.†From the Section on Ophthalmology, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Work done in the Division of Experimental Surgery and Pathology, The Mayo Foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMucociliary function in the respiratory tract as influenced by physicochemical factorsMucus transport in the tracheobronchial tree of normal and bronchitic ratsDas FlimmerepithelAirborne disease and the upper respiratory tractClearance of Particles From the Human NoseFrontal-Sinus SurgeryPhagocytosis, Mucous Flow, and Ciliary ActionBibliographyLXV Anterior Osteoplastic Frontal Sinus OperationMouth Breathing: I. Etiology and Effects (a Review)XXXII Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Disease of the Paranasal SinusesV. The Effect of Radiation upon Ciliated Epithelium 1 August 1932Volume 6, Issue 2Page: 227-234KeywordsMucous membranesNasal mucosaOphthalmologyRegenerative medicineRespiratory systemSurgery Issue Published: 1 August 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...