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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: FuzzyUK on 29/11/2009 23:35:12

Title: Can you damage smell receptors by picking your nose?
Post by: FuzzyUK on 29/11/2009 23:35:12

How far back would you have to shove your finger up your nose to hit the smell cell detectors and can they be damaged?

Title: Can you damage smell receptors by picking your nose?
Post by: JnA on 30/11/2009 04:04:19

Quite a way.. almost impossibly so...

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