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Trapped dust particles are pushed out of respiratory tract by

In the respiratory tract, the columnar epithelial tissue also has cilia, which are hair-like

projections on the outer surfaces of epithelial cells. These cilia can move, and their movement pushes the mucus forward to clear it. This type of epithelium is thus ciliated columnar epithelium.

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