inferior turbinate
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inferior turbinate bone — also inferior tur·bi·nat·ed bone tər bə .nāt əd n NASAL CONCHA (a) … Medical dictionary
inferior nasal concha — noun The largest of the three nasal concha located within the nasal cavity. Syn: inferior concha, inferior turbinate, inferior turbinate bone, maxilloturbinal … Wiktionary
Turbinate — A bone shaped like a top. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is situated along the side wall of the nose, and is covered by mucous membrane. The word turbinate is related to a turbine and tornado. They… … Medical dictionary
Inferior nasal concha — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = concha nasi inferior, concha nasalis inferior GraySubject = 42 GrayPage = 169 Caption = Medial wall of left orbit. (Inferior nasal concha visible in center in yellow.) Caption2 = Figure 1: Lateral wall of… … Wikipedia
turbinate bone — noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates • Syn: ↑turbinate, ↑turbinal • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Hyponyms: ↑nasal concha • … Useful english dictionary
turbinate bone inferior — concha nasalis inferior … Medical dictionary
concha nasi inferior — [TA] inferior nasal concha: a thin bony plate with curved margins, articulating with the ethmoid, maxilla, and lacrimal and palatine bones, and forming the lower part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity, and the mucous membrane covering the… … Medical dictionary
Empty nose syndrome — (ENS) is a medical term coined by Dr. Kern and Dr. Stenquist (1996) to describe a cluster of symptoms that often occurs when a nose is crippled by over resection of the inferior and/or middle turbinates of the nose. ENS can be considered as a… … Wikipedia
Nasal concha — Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior and middle in pink, and inferior in blue.) … Wikipedia
Syndrome du nez vide — Circulation de l air dans la narine droite Le Syndrome du nez vide (SNV), de l’anglais Empty Nose Syndrome (ENS), est un état qui apparaît quand une quantité excessive de tissu nasal producteur de mucus (les cornets ou turbinates en anglais) a… … Wikipédia en Français
