2007-03-26 03:45:17 · 11 answers · asked by movercash1 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucus
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2007-03-26 03:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
you know those hairs sticking out of your nose? those catch all the debris that happens to be flying through the air while you're breathing, without the hair all the booger junk would end up in your lungs instead. the fluid holding the debris together is the same stuff that makes up your tears. ever notice that your nose runs whenever you cry? the stuff running from the nose is excess tears. put it all together and give it a little time to dry out and you have boogers.
2007-03-26 10:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Informer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your nose is a mucus membrane and a filter. The boogers are dried mucus containing particulate matter that the hairs in your nose and the membrane itself filtered out. They are there to keep that stuff from being inhaled into the lungs and causing illness. They're also fun to pick, flick, lick, and stick as you see fit.
2007-03-26 10:49:51 · answer #3 · answered by James W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boogers are formed from sticky mucus that traps debris that enters your nose like lint, pollen, dust, skin cells, etc. The mucus is there to prevent pathogens from entering your body and making you sick.
2007-03-26 10:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by not too creative 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boogers are just pieces of dirt, dust, and other foreign bodies that your body has covered in mucos to protect you. In time, the mucos hardens and you get crusty boogers. If they stay deep in your mucos membrane area, they are moist untill you blow them out. Boogers are our friends...embrace them...love them.....give them a nice blow....LOL...
2007-03-26 10:49:37 · answer #5 · answered by icu292876 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are a conglomeration of sugars secreted from your body (which is why they are sticky), dead skin cells, and debris that you pick up from the air everytime you breathe in.
2007-03-26 10:49:01 · answer #6 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mucus is formed to help keep foreign objects, like dirt and germs out of your body.
2007-03-26 10:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From dried mucos, and small dust, dirt particles.
2007-03-26 11:10:06 · answer #8 · answered by SwatDoc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a NOSE MINER but I don't know. I do know that you can pick your friends and pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose!
2007-03-26 10:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To give kids under 10 something to snack on.
2007-03-26 10:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋