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so that air ejected from the lungs is accelerated through the mouth and thus creating a low pressure point at the back of the nose. This way air is forced in through the front of the nose and the expelled mucus and contaminants are launched out the mouth. Sneezing with the mouth closed does expel
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muscles and creates a large opening of the nasal and oral cavities, resulting in a powerful release of air and bioparticles. The powerful nature of a sneeze is attributed to its involvement of numerous organs of the upper body – it is a
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Simulations of Pressure and Velocity fields in Human Upper Airway during Sneezing".
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pandemics of the 14th century. Blessing the individual after showing such a symptom was thought to prevent possible impending death due to the lethal disease.
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droplets, commonly ranging from 0.5 to 5 μm. A sneeze can produce 40,000 droplets. To reduce the possibility of thus spreading disease (such as the
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