2006-10-20 03:51:21 · 13 answers · asked by Southpaw 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
To reduce the amount of dirt and pathogens that get into the delicate moist membranes in the inner parts of your nose and your lungs. They make you less likely to get sick since they filter out a lot of the things that could make you ill.
2006-10-20 03:54:29 · answer #1 · answered by Em_butterfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're just there to make you look more attractive!! No, I think nose-hair is there to prevent big pieces of dust etc from getting into your system when you breathe; in other words it's for your protection.
2006-10-20 03:56:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your nose and trachea have hairs to filter out airborne bacterias and pathogens. They help protect your body.
2006-10-20 03:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by Andrea / Princess Bitchalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keeps the flies from crawling up your nose to drink mucous 'straight from the tap'.
2006-10-21 22:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like a coat to help warm up the air entering your body and it is a filter to reduce stuff from entering your body. I use to think it was there to hold onto snot so that you could blow it into kleenex.
2006-10-20 03:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by missy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Och! they act as air filter all right.. they can even help you regulate the temperature of the air that you breathe
2006-10-20 03:56:17 · answer #6 · answered by doc_chunchun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they catch the debris from going straight into your sinus passages! An "air filter" .....
2006-10-20 03:59:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They act as an air filter
2006-10-20 03:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by OOO! I know! I know! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hairs are actually cilia which moves pollutants/debris away from the back of the nasal cavity to the front of nostril..
which then you blow out or pick
2006-10-20 03:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to catch contaminants and foreign objects, soot, dust,etc so when we breathe in, these things don't get into our lower airways/lungs.
2006-10-20 03:55:03 · answer #10 · answered by kitty-mama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋