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Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Turbinates
Sense Organs > Nose > Turbinates
Respiratory System > Nose > Turbinates
... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Turbinates
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Turbinates

Preferred term

Turbinates  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The scroll-like bony plates with curved margins on the lateral wall of the NASAL CAVITY. Turbinates, also called nasal concha, increase the surface area of nasal cavity thus providing a mechanism for rapid warming and humidification of air as it passes to the lung.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Conchae Nasales
  • Nasal Concha

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Cornets

    French

  • Cornet
  • Cornet nasal
  • Cornets nasaux

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TK7BPTN6-R

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