The mucociliary escalator functions to:
A) trap and sweep pathogens into the urine
B) kill via lysozyme activity
C) harbor normal flora that discourage pathogens from colonizing
D) produce fatty acids with a low pH that kills microbes
E) trap and sweep microbes from the bronchi back up to the throat to be swallowed
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