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Respiratory System > Nose > Nasal Cavity
Sense Organs > Nose > Nasal Cavity
Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Nasal Cavity

Preferred term

Nasal Cavity  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nasal Cavities

Note

  • / abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; neoplasms: coordinate NASAL CAVITY (IM) + NOSE NEOPLASMS (IM); inflammation = RHINITIS; / secret = NASAL MUCOSA / secret

Scope note

  • The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the NASAL SEPTUM. Nasal cavities, extending from the nares to the NASOPHARYNX, are lined with ciliated NASAL MUCOSA.

History note

  • 78(75); was see under NOSE 1963-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009296

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