Yesterday Bossy woke up with a cold, which is unusual because if Bossy were a Super Hero, her power would be Never Getting Sick.
Bossy’s cold got Bossy thinking about why our nose becomes stuffy when we’re sick. You see, mucus is the stuff that lives inside our nose to chase away unwanted things like disease! And bacteria! Or dust:
And under that layer of mucus exists a nest of tiny hairs called cilia:
So the bad stuff gets trapped in the sticky mucus and it’s the cilia that sweeps it out from the nasal cavity:
And when we are sick, the body produces more mucus containing antiseptic enzymes and immunoglobulins, which act as antibodies against the common cold:
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If you liked this post about the common cold, click this link to read a post about Bossy’s unsolved medical condition.
Or you can click this link to read about Bossy’s heart. And the little blue pill she takes to keep it beating.
Or you can read about how Bossy got over her fear of flying. Just ’cause.
Bossy is posting every weekday in March, y’all! It’s March Madness up in here.
Marinka says
March 12, 2013 at 8:10 amI feel so much smarter already and that much closer to finding the cure for the cold.
Shelley says
March 12, 2013 at 8:49 amOh, David Cassidy. Did we really used to think scrawny was attractive? Hmmm. I did always prefer Shaun. Although he was pretty scrawny too. But blonde.
Twisted Susan says
March 12, 2013 at 8:26 pmKeith Partridge looks like such a little boy.
Ashlee says
March 13, 2013 at 9:35 amI nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award! http://ashleemae.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/versatile-blogger-award/
foolery says
March 13, 2013 at 9:58 amWait — which one was Keith Partridge, again? Your photos looked a lot alike.