Assertion: mucus | /r/HasProperty | swallowed
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text: It harmlessly mixes with saliva throughout the day and is swallowed or blown from the nose.
text: Tiny hairs on the outside of cells, called cilia, propel the mucus out of the lungs and into the throat where the mucus can be swallowed or coughed out.
text: For the most part, the cilia that also line the cavity work to move the mucus down the nasal cavity to the pharynx where it can be swallowed.
text: If the mucus are swallowed, digestive juices kill the microbes.