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

Preferred term

Turbinates  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Conchae Nasale
  • Conchae Nasales
  • Nasal Concha
  • Nasal Conchas

Note

  • fractures: coordinate TURBINATES /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014420

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