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Descriptor English: Turbinates
Descriptor Spanish: Cornetes Nasales
Descriptor cornetes nasales
Entry term(s) concha nasal
conchas nasales
cornete esfenoidal
cornete nasal
cornetes del hueso esfenoides
Scope note: Placas óseas con forma de concha y márgenes curvados que se encuentran en la pared lateral de la CAVIDAD NASAL. Los cornetes, también llamados conchas nasales, aumentan la superficie de la cavidad nasal, y así proporcionan un rápido mecanismo para el calentamiento y humidificación del aire que pasa a los pulmones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Conchas Nasais
Descriptor French: Cornets
Entry term(s): Conchae Nasale
Conchae Nasales
Nasal Concha
Nasal Conchas
Turbinate
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.948
A04.531.898
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014420
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: fractures: coordinate TURBINATES /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14819
Unique ID: D014420
NLM Classification: WV 301
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Turbinates - Preferred
Concept UI M0022166
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Turbinates
Entry term(s) Conchae Nasale
Conchae Nasales
Nasal Concha
Nasal Conchas
Turbinate



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