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Mucus is secreted by specialized cells that line the respiratory, urogenital, visual and digestive tracts of many animals. These cells are called mucous cells and form the mucous membrane which protects the epithelial cells.
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∙ 14y agoBoogers are mucus (myoo-kuss). Mucus is the thin, slippery material that is found inside your nose. Many people call mucus snot. Your nose makes nearly a cupful of snot every day. Snot is produced by the mucous membranes in the nose, which it moistens and protects.
When you inhale air through your nose, it contains lots of tiny particles, like dust, dirt, germs, and pollen. If these particles made it all the way to the lungs, the lungs could get damaged and it would be difficult to breathe. Snot works by trapping the particles and keeping them in the nose.
After these particles get stuck inside the nose, the mucus surrounds them along with some of the tiny hairs inside the nose called cilia. The mucus dries around the particles. When the particles and dried-out mucus clump together, you're left with a booger!
Boogers can be squishy and slimy or tough and crumbly. In fact, boogers are a sign that your nose is working properly.
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∙ 14y agoit is made by the cells lining the sinus passages
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Do boogers come from your brain?
No actually they are made from mucus and dust that is gathered in your nose by your nose hairs.
What does 'nose is running' mean?
If your nose is "running," then you have a mucus discharge. The image is of the mucus running out of your nose so that you need a tissue or you need to blow the mucus out.
What is the blowing of the nose?
Well it is when you get a tissue to eliminate the mucus from your nose. You blow and the mucus that is stuck in your nostrils will come out!
What is the sticky substance that traps pathogens in the nose?
Mucus.
What is the booger?
the booger is made out of snot which is same as mucus. The snot is the slimy sticky thing in your nose. The nose and the sinuses make about 1 liter of snot everyday. Also the booger keeps the lining of the nose. (The chicken soup help when you have stuffy nose.)
What is mucus nose fruit?
Boogers?
What slippery fluid is in the nose?
mucus
What parts of the nose which keep the air warm and moist?
The fine nose hair and the mucus. The mucus moist the air and the nose hair traps the dust and cleans the air.
What do the hairs in your nose act as?
A filter and keep mucus from leaking out the nose.
Where does the mucus in your nose come from?
Boogers or mostly known as mucus is made by the same secretions as your eyes. Ever notice that when you cry or have tears that a runny nose follows? This is because your eyes, ears and nose are all conected. The tears can drain into your nose and throat. Your Sinus cavity can also make this mucus which is why when you have a sinus infection, your nose gets all congested.
What is the function of the Nose hairs?
to trap any dust and dirt. the nose hair is also referred to "cilia." also, mucus traps dust and durt. the mucus in the nose dries, now what is called "boogers." sometimes the wet mucus travels to your stomach where it is digested and turned to waste. mucus also leaves the body when you clean your nose, blow it, or sneeze.
What is the functions of nose hairs?
to trap any dust and dirt. the nose hair is also referred to "cilia." also, mucus traps dust and durt. the mucus in the nose dries, now what is called "boogers." sometimes the wet mucus travels to your stomach where it is digested and turned to waste. mucus also leaves the body when you clean your nose, blow it, or sneeze.
