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immotile cilia syndrome |
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immotile cilia syndrome [imō′til] Etymology: L, im, motilis, movable, cilia, eyelashes; Gk, syn, together, dromos, course a condition in which cilia, the hairlike processes of epithelial cells, fail to function normally. As a result, the patient has difficulty in filtering dust and other airborne debris from the respiratory system. See also Kartagener's syndrome. immotile cilia syndrome congenital defect of ciliary movement recorded in dogs. See also primary ciliary dyskinesia, kartagener's syndrome.
immotile cilia syndrome Kartagener syndrome An uncommon–1:20 000 AR disease of childhood onset due to defective or afunctional cilia in the respiratory tract, resulting in chronic sinusitis, defective mucociliary transport and bronchial
clearance, bronchiectasia, chronic otitis media and incapacitating headaches, related to immotility of ependymal cilia in the walls of cerebral ventricles; other defects associated with IC include cardiovascular, renal and ocular defects, and
absence of frontal sinuses Reproduction ♂ are infertile,1⁄2 of ♀ are impregnatable, the other1⁄2 sterile;1⁄2 have Kartagener's triad, ie chronic
sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus totalis, the last of which may be due to an in utero defect with contrary beating cilia. See Cilia. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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