| English term or phrase: goblet cells | | In addition to rhinoviruses, some 200 other species of viruses produce infections of the upper respiratory tract.[¡Error! Marcador no definido.] Initiation of infection stimulates several inflammatory pathways and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, resulting in engorgement of the vessels of the venous tissue of the turbinates, extracellular plasma leakage, discharge of seromucous glands and goblet cells, and neural stimulation leading to pain, sneezing, and cough reflexes |
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