Cilia are minute hair-like structures on the respiratory mucosa, which beat continuously at 10–18 Hz, and create a constant flow of periciliary fluid maintaining the sterility of the lower respiratory ...

Mitochondria produce ATP, the energy currency of the body. The driver for this process is an electrochemical membrane potential, which is created by a series of proton pumps. These complex, ...

Alveoli are tiny air sacs in your lungs that take up the oxygen you breathe in and keep your body going. Although they’re microscopic, alveoli are the workhorses of your respiratory system. People ...

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center image: Mycoplasmas are the smallest of all bacteria and have proven very difficult to study. Dr. Joel Baseman's laboratory at The UT Health ...