Ha, got you, What is a booger ??
By ketybhagat
@ketybhagat (4123)
India
October 15, 2008 11:20pm CST
Think my friends, think. Well, if you havent still found out, here i s the answer :-
Boogers 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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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
9 Dec 09
ketybhagat from now on I will look at a booger with more'respect as its dried up mucus or in lay terms snot.so we can say
you have dried up clump of mucus in your nose,need to get it
out, or you have a dried up clump of snop in your nose, did]
you know that, or please get rid of that booger.
@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
10 Dec 09
Yeh, much as it sounds gross, it helps keep our lungs by filtering out the impurities from the air we breath. Yeh, it needs our respect for it is one thing that helps us breath in clean air. Thanks.
@ketybhagat (4123)
• India
16 Oct 08
Haha, thats funny. Glad your nosey is not working overtime now. Cheers and thanks.
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
16 Oct 08
In everyday terms....a booger is nothing more than dried up snot...hahaha