title: Know your nose. An inside look at how it keeps you healthy.
abstract: Your nose provides you with the remarkable ability to smell. But smell is only one small part of how your nose works. The most important function of the nose is to clean, moisten and warm the air you breathe before it reaches your lungs.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000502:physiology; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D012119:Respiration; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology