middle turbinate
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middle turbinate bone — also middle tur·bi·nat·ed bone tər bə .nāt əd n NASAL CONCHA (b) … Medical dictionary
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
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 middle — concha nasalis media … Medical dictionary
Nasal concha — Lateral wall of nasal cavity, showing ethmoid bone in position. (Superior and middle in pink, and inferior in blue.) … Wikipedia
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 — n any of three thin bony plates on the lateral wall of the nasal fossa on each side with or without their covering of mucous membrane: a) a separate curved bony plate that is the largest of the three and separates the inferior and middle meatuses … Medical dictionary
Concha bullosa — in CT A concha bullosa is a pneumatized (air filled) cavity within a turbinate in the nose. (Concha is another term for turbinate.) Bullosa refers to the air filled cavity within the turbinate. It is a normal anatomic variant seen in up to half… … Wikipedia
Empty Nose Syndrome — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 T81.9 Nicht näher bezeichnete Komplikation eines Eingriffes J34.8 Sonstige näher bezeichnete Krankheiten der Nase und der Nasennebenhöhlen … Deutsch Wikipedia
concha — In anatomy, a structure comparable to a shell in shape, as the auricle or pinna of the ear or a turbinate bone in the nose. [L. a shell] c. of auricle [TA] the large hollow, or floor of the … Medical dictionary
