Goblet cells are specialized cells found mainly in the epithelial lining of intestinal and respiratory tracts, which main function is to secrete mucus by secreting gel-forming mucins. On the other hand, cilia is a protuberance found in cells that serves as a sensory organelle, which can have motility. One characteristic that cilia and goblet cells have in common is that both secrete mucus. Cilia is found in airway cells and helps to move mucus up and out of the lungs.
<span>Both of them secrete mucus. The protective function of cilia in the trachea is moving the sheet of mucus that are contaminated, away from the lungs, toward the throat for swallowing.Goblet cells secrete the mucus's major components which is called the gel-forming mucins.</span>
