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Explain how does the air we breathe in, gets cleaned while passing through the nasal passage.

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The nasal passage which is separated from the oral cavity by a hard and bony palate. The passage is lined by the epithelium cells which contain hair and mucous as well which helps in the traping of dust particles and also moisten it. This is the way in which the air we breathe, gets cleaned.

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