# Lungs and Tiny Bits of Food

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lungs-and-tiny-bits-of-food/646774 "2013-01-10T18:19:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lungs-and-tiny-bits-of-food/646774/2 "2013-01-10T19:06:19Z")

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A similar question was answered in [a previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=152427) by Qadgop and some others. Here was one of Qadgop’s responses:

> [@Can lungs remove food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-lungs-remove-food/144739/10):
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> Lungs clean themselves of small particulate matter pretty easy and regularly with the cilia (hairlike structures) that line the bronchioles and sweep it out.

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