Why do you breathe through your nose?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

There are tiny hairs in your nose and the idea of the hairs is that they filter/clean the air when you inhale. The hairs clean the air, for example, by trapping any dust that was in the atmosphere and if there is dust you will more than likely sneeze to get rid of the dust.

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∙ 17y ago

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