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nose
Part of the respiratory tract above the hard palate.
Constituents:
- external nose & nasal cavity
Function:
- Olfaction
- Respiration
- Filtration of dust
- Humidification of inspired air
- Reception of secretions from the paranasal sinuses & nasolacrimal ducts
Related
saddle nose deformity
Specific
frontonasal duct
limen nasi; threshold of nose
nasal atrium; atrium of middle nasal meatus
nasal cartilage
nasal crest
nasal meatus
nasal vestibule; vestibule of nose
palatovaginal/pharyngeal canal
sphenoethmoidal recess
General
respiratory system structure
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
Component-of
face
Components
external nose
nasal cavity
nasal mucosa
nasal nare (nostril)
nasal septum
pharyngeal recess/fossa, (fossa of Rosenmuller)
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