Though so short a period ago --not a good life-time --the census of the buffalo in Illinois exceeded the census of men now in London, and though at the present day not one horn or hoof of them remains in all that region; and though the cause of this wondrous extermination was the spear of man; yet the far different nature of the whale-hunt ...
Mucus is a thick gelatinous fluid secreted or produced by various mucus cells that line the intestines, the nose, urinary and reproductive cells and other body organs.Mucus is made up of water, salts, glycoprotein (mucin) and other small cells.ucus is a thick gelatinous fluid secreted or produced by various mucus cells that line the intestines, the nose, urinary and reproductive cells and other body organs.
Mucus is a noun which means an oily material produced in the mucous membrane by the cells. Mucous membrane is characterized by smooth, skin-like linings that serve as a protection of the different organs in our body.Mucin is the main component of mucus, it is a compound of carbohydrate plus protein.hese two words obviously have one letter that makes them different; mucous is spelled with an âoâ. SUMMARY: 1.Mucus is a noun while mucous is an adjective. 2.Mucus pertains to the oily substance produced by cells while mucous means containing or covered with mucus.