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CORNET NASAL [6 records]

Record 1 2022-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The upper of two bony plates projecting from the inner wall of the ethmoid labyrinth and forming the upper boundary of the superior meatus of the nose ...

OBS

superior nasal concha; concha superior nasi: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

cornet nasal supérieur : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

concha superior nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tiny bony plate occasionally found projecting from the inner wall of the ethmoid labyrinth above the bony superior nasal concha, and the mucous membrane covering the plate ...

OBS

highest nasal concha; concha suprema nasi: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

cornet nasal suprême : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

concha suprema nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

inferior nasal concha; concha inferior nasi: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Os plat de la face, pair, en forme de lame enroulée, situé dans la cavité nasale à la paroi latérale de laquelle il est fixé par son bord supérieur.

OBS

cornet nasal inférieur : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

concha inferior nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The lower of two bony plates projecting from the inner wall of the ethmoid labyrinth and separating the superior from the middle meatus of the nose ...

OBS

middle nasal concha; concha media nasi: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

cornet nasal moyen : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

concha media nasi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Nose (Medicine)
DEF

One of the three scroll-like bones that project medially from the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nez (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nariz (Medicina)
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Record 6 1994-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
Key term(s)
  • turbinated bone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

anatomie des animaux domestiques

Spanish

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