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

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Nose  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • External Nose
  • External Noses
  • Nose, External
  • Noses, External

Note

  • nose unspecified, but note specific nasal terms are available; / abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; / surg = probably NASAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES or RHINOPLASTY

Scope note

  • A part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of SMELL. The term includes the external nose, the nasal cavity, and the PARANASAL SINUSES.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009666

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