What are snots made of?

Answer 1

You blow your nose, out comes snot. Five seconds later, you're stuffed-up again. Where is all this mucus coming from?

When it comes to science questions, we like to consult kid-friendly sites. (As English majors, we need simple answers.) Fortunately, Kidzworld fits the bill. The site explains that snot comes from mucus membranes that line the inside of your nose. The membranes secrete mucus in order to protect you from dust, germs, and pollen. The snot traps all this nasty stuff so it doesn't get into your lungs.

As Ask Dr. Universe informed us, the mucus acts like a shower inside your nose, washing away dead cells and germs. When you have a cold, even more mucus forms to get rid of the germs as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this can result in too much mucus, blocking the air passages and leading to a stuffed-up nose.

Still, the occasional clogged schnoz is a small price to pay for ridding your body of germs. Three cheers for snot! Drip, drip, hooray! Drip, drip, hooray! Drip, drip, hooray!

Answer 2

Snot (also known as 'bogies' or 'boogers') is simply nasal mucus. Mucus helps protect the lungs, nasal cavities and airways from bacteria and particulate matter, binding contaminants that would otherwise be inhaled, and keeping the airways moisturised.

Chemically, a snot is made from sugar chains attached to a protein backbone in mucus cells, and water molecules.

Answer 3

well phlegm is formed at the back of your through by breathing in the skin and the stuff in the atmosferph so then it forms phlengm with THEN forms snot! i hope whoever u sick sick sinful peorson who wanted to know that im in year 6 and you dont know that! DUM BOTTEM !!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

if you meen like bugers and stuff, its just made of things in the air that get traped in your nose hairs...and I think also some sort of "puss" like thing that your body gives out. some things that might be in buggers are spider eggs, dead skin cells, hair, even small bugs!

Answer 5

snot is the gunk up humans nose, it it slimmey aparently ant stcky\

Answer 6

It is made up of dried mucus, dirt, and nose hairs.

Answer 7

Snot is generally mucus.