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nasal concha

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nasal concha
n.
See ethmoidal crest.
concha
pl. conchae [L.] a shell-shaped structure.
concha of auricle
the base of the auricle of the external ear, bounded anteriorly by the tragus and posteriorly by the antihelix.
ethmoidal concha
a series of scroll-like bones which arise from the ethmoid bone, project into the nasal chambers and support the olfactory mucous membrane.
nasal concha
one of two or three delicate, mucosa-covered turbinate bones occupying a large part of each half of the nasal cavity. See also Table 10.
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For the cytologic examination, nasal epithelial cells were swabbed from both sides of the middle third of inferior nasal concha by the translational and rotational movement of a small nylon brush (as commonly used in bronchoscopy).
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Her history was significant for surgery to reduce the inferior nasal concha 10 years earlier.
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We defined the APS as the area of the anterior tip of the inferior nasal concha and the APINC as the area 10 mm behind its anterior edge.
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