Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
nasal concha Function:
noun : any of three thin bony plates on the lateral wall of the nasal fossa on each side with or without their covering of mucousmembrane:
a : a separate curved bony plate that is the largest of the three and separates the inferior and middle meatuses of the nose called also
inferior concha, inferiornasal concha, inferior turbinate, inferior turbinate bone, maxilloturbinal b : the lower of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall ofeach nasal fossa that separates the superior and middle meatuses of the nose called also
middle concha, middle nasal concha, middle turbinate, middle turbinate bone,nasoturbinal c : the upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the superior meatus of thenose called also
superior concha, superior nasal concha, superior turbinate, superior turbinate bone
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