How do the lungs get rid of the particles in the air that are trapped in the lungs?

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How do the lungs get rid of the particles in the air that are trapped in the lungs?

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Particles become trapped in the mucous on the walls of the respiratory passages. Over time, cilia- the small hairs that line these passages- push all that mucous back up the airway until it’s either coughed out or swallowed.

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