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Descriptor English: Nasal Cavity
Descriptor Spanish: Cavidad Nasal
Descriptor cavidad nasal
Entry term(s) cavidades nasales
fosa nasal
fosas nasales
Scope note: Porción proximal de las vías respiratorias, situada a cada lado del TABIQUE NASAL. Las cavidades nasales se extienden desde los orificios de la nariz hasta la NASOFARINGE y están tapizadas por la MUCOSA NASAL ciliada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cavidade Nasal
Descriptor French: Fosse nasale
Entry term(s): Cavities, Nasal
Cavity, Nasal
Nasal Cavities
Tree number(s): A04.531.449
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009296
Scope note: The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the NASAL SEPTUM. Nasal cavities, extending from the nares to the NASOPHARYNX, are lined with ciliated NASAL MUCOSA.
Annotation: / abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; neoplasms: coordinate NASAL CAVITY (IM) + NOSE NEOPLASMS (IM); inflammation = RHINITIS; / secret = NASAL MUCOSA / secret
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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nose (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 78; was see under NOSE 1963-77
Online Note: search NOSE 1966-74
History Note: 78(75); was see under NOSE 1963-77
DeCS ID: 9491
Unique ID: D009296
NLM Classification: WV 301
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Nasal Cavity - Preferred
Concept UI M0014485
Scope note The proximal portion of the respiratory passages on either side of the NASAL SEPTUM. Nasal cavities, extending from the nares to the NASOPHARYNX, are lined with ciliated NASAL MUCOSA.
Preferred term Nasal Cavity
Entry term(s) Cavities, Nasal
Cavity, Nasal
Nasal Cavities



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