nasal concha

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Noun1.nasal concha - one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity
concha - (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone - any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
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In a study by Bayraktar et al., (23) endoscopic mucosal damage was created with punch forceps in the bilateral ventral nasal concha of all rabbits.
* Type 3: presence of a unilateral crest at the level of the head of the middle nasal concha.
We suggest that microfractures in the bone tissue of the middle nasal concha might be sites of nasal/paranasal mucosa ingrowths as a precondition for spreading to the pneumatic space of the concha bullosa.
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