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Fig. 1 | Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

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From: Rapid changes in mucociliary transport in the tracheal epithelium caused by unconditioned room air or nebulized hypertonic saline and mannitol are not determined by frequency of beating cilia

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a Diagram of the experimental setup used for in vitro measurements of mucociliary transport on the tracheal epithelium of perfused lamb trachea. Air-flow was set to 25 L/min and was directed from left to right while mucociliary transport was from right to left. The ultrasonic nebulizer was introduced to the air path before the organ bath. Video-microscopy recordings were made through the heated optical window on the top of the tracheal bath to measure mucociliary transport along the tracheal epithelial surface. b Photo of the in vitro experiment setup with the trachea mounted in the organ bath, with circulation of Krebs–Henseleit solution below. The microscope with coaxial illumination is shown above

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