By the time Samantha finished dressing, the tab had started to dissolve, and a few strands of foreign genetic material had entered the cells of her nasal mucosa.

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Each is lined with tissue called the mucosa, which secretes mucus continuously along hairy cells called cilia and out a tiny passageway called an ostium, through which the mucus drains into the nasal cavity and down the back of the throat, where it is swallowed (unless you blow your nose).

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