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Ancient Egyptians regarded the heart as the center of intelligence and emotion. They believed the brain to have no significance whatsoever, and in the important process of mummification, the brain was removed through the nose and discarded.Between ages 30 and 70, a nose may lengthen and widen by as much as half an inch and the ears may be a quarter-inch longer. This occurs because cartilage is one of the few tissues that continues to grow as we age. If the roof of your mouth is narrow, you are more prone to snore since you are not getting enough oxygen through your nose. From earliest times, people pierced their ears, nose, and bellybutton as a superstitious practice. The holes produced were thought to release demons from the body. A recent study found that 75 percent of headache patients felt relief when they rubbed capsaicin (the component that makes chili peppers hot) on their noses. The main function of the nose is the passage of air by cleaning, warming, and humidifying over 500 cubic feet of air every day.
Consisting of internal and external portions, the nose is made out of large cavity with muscle, mucous membrane, hyaline cartilage and skin. The characteristic red nose caused by broken capillaries. This may be caused by cold temperatures or by a person's excessive drinking over a prolonged period, called rhinophyma, or grog blossom. The indentation in the middle area between the nose and the upper lip is called the philtrum. Ancient Greeks considered this to be one of the body's most erogenous zones. You might have a stuffy or runny nose because of a cold, the flu or seasonal allergies. A runny nose commonly occurs in the initial stages of a cold or the flu. It's also possible that seasonal allergies, such as hay fever, may be the cause of your runny nose. |
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