Nasal hair Nasal hair Nasal hair or nose hair is the hair in the nose. Adult humans have hair in the interior nasal passage. Nasal hair functions include filtering foreign particles from entering the nasal cavity and collecting moisture. In support of the first function, the results of a 2010 study indicated that increased nasal hair density decreases development of asthma in those who have seasonal rhinitis, possibly due to an increased capacity of the faces to filter out pollen and other allergens. Nasal hair should not be confused with cilia of the nasal cavity, which are the microscopic cellular strands that,
Velar nasal velar nasal, though not as back as the prototypical uvular nasal - see that article for more information. Features of the velar nasal: Velar nasal The velar nasal, also known as agma, from the Greek word for fragment, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is the sound of "ng" in English "sing". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is codice_1. The IPA symbol is similar to , the symbol for the retroflex nasal, which has a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom