Turbinates
"Turbinates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014420
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.324.948 A04.531.898
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| Concept/Terms |
Turbinates- Turbinates
- Turbinate
- Nasal Concha
- Nasal Conchas
- Conchae Nasales
- Conchae Nasale
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