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Mucus has multiple functions:
- it contains white blood cells that catch any microbe and protect hte airway
- it is sticky so that it catches up dirt from the inhaled air, to clean up the air going to the lungs
- it protects the mucus membrane and keeps it wet, which is necessary for doing its job
- then it is washed by cilia (in the nose, washed into the stomach, where it is digested and microbes killed; and in the upper trachea during an infection out to the mouth)
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