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Sign in to saveAlso known as violent sneezing, sternutation, GO:0160023, sneezing, sneeze reflex
thumb|thumbtime=0:12|360px|Shadowgraph visualization of the airflow during a sneeze, comparing an unmasked sneeze with several different methods of covering one's mouth and nose: sneezing into a fist, a cupped hand, a tissue, a "coughcatcher" device, a [[surgical mask, and an N95 mask]] A sneeze (also known as sternutation) is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action. This action allo
A sneeze is a sudden, forceful expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, typically triggered when foreign particles irritate the nasal passages. It matters because sneezes can spread airborne particles, which is why different methods of covering the nose and mouth—such as tissues, masks, and other devices—are used to reduce their dispersal.
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Key facts
- Body process.name
- Sneeze
- Body process.image
- Sneeze.JPG
- Body process.caption
- The function of sneezing is to expel irritants from the nasal cavity.
- Body process.biological system
- Respiratory system
- Body process.health
- Beneficial
- Body process.action
- Involuntary
- Body process.stimuli
- Irritants of the nasal mucosaLightCold airSnatiationAllergyInfection
- Body process.method
- Expulsion of air through nose/mouth
- Body process.outcome
- Removal of irritant
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Research
5,617 papers- Sneeze-induced chylothorax.Archivos de bronconeumologia · 2021Fornés S, Bielsa S, Porcel JMDOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2021.05.017
- Wheeze, sneeze and genes.ReviewJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of London · 1994Hopkin J
- Sneeze and pop: a ruptured varicocele; analysis of literature, guided by a well-documented case-report.ReviewBMC urology · 2019Reesink DJ, Huisman PM, Wiltink J et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12894-019-0442-z
- Sneeze reflex: facts and fiction.ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease · 2009Songu M, Cingi CDOI: 10.1177/1753465809340571
- [Photic sneeze reflex or autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome].ReviewNeurologia (Barcelona, Spain) · 2006García-Moreno JM
- The photic sneeze.Postgraduate medical journal · 1990Askenasy JJDOI: 10.1136/pgmj.66.781.892
- Why do we sneeze?Medical hypotheses · 2012Burke WDOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.017
- Sneeze-induced pneumolabyrinth 15 years after stapedotomy.BMJ case reports · 2021Cheang YFA, Yeo SBDOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243575
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- reflex
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0160023
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C50746
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