Boogers At Work
Spider Magazine for Kids|February 2017

IF YOU’VE EVER blown a snot rocket, had a cold, or picked your nose, you know that your nose is capable of amazing things. What you may not know is that the snot in your nose, whether it’s green and slimy or yellow and clumpy, serves an important purpose.

Laura White
Boogers At Work

Grownups usually call snot mucus. Gooey, slimy mucus is produced by organs throughout your body. Mucus moistens your food and makes it easier to swallow. It coats and protects your stomach and intestines. And in your nose and respiratory system, mucus helps keep your body germ-free and healthy.

Your nose produces about a cupful of snot every day. This snot, or mucus, lines your nose and throat and acts as a barrier between the outside world and your lungs.

When you breathe in air, you also breathe in tiny bits of dust, dirt, bacteria, and pollen. These foreign particles don’t belong in your body. They could hurt your lungs and make it hard for you to breathe.

Mucus’s job is to trap the particles before they get down your windpipe and into your lungs. Think of mucus as a catcher’s mitt, grabbing the bits of inhaled dust, pollen, and germs, and wrapping them in sticky goo to stop them in their tracks.

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