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The conchae form the upper chambers of the nasal cavities. They increase the surface area of these cavities. That allows for rapid warming and humidification of air before it passes into the lungs
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What is the bony projections in the nasal cavities that increase surface areas are called?
The bony projections are called the superior, middle and inferior conchae. They increase surface area to warm and moisten incoming air.
What are scroll like extensions that increase the surface of the lateral walls of the nasal chamber known as?
conchae
What is the space between the middle and inferior nasal conchae?
Meati (plural) for superior, middle and inferior meatus.
Where is the superior and middle nasal conchs formed from its projections in the skull?
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Where is the nasal conchea?
They are bones in the nasal cavity (or parts of other bones in the nasal cavity) that cause turbulence in the air moving through the nasal cavity. This will warm and moisten the air to help protect the lungs. There are three conchae in the nasal cavity, a superior, middle and inferior conchae (aka turbinates).
What are fleshy lobes in the nasal cavity which increase surface area?
Conchae
Conchae are processes of what bones?
The superior and middle conchae are processes of the ethmoid bone whereas the inferior concha is an independent paired bone.
Superior and medial nasal conchae formed from it's projections?
The Superior and medial nasal conchae is located in the Ethmoid Bone. So I believe the answer would be Ethmoid.
Superior and medical nasal conchae are part of this bone?
The superior and medial nasal conchae is part of the ethmoid bone of the cranium. Ethmoid bone separates nasal cavity from the brain.
What are conchae and meatuses?
Conchae is the plural of concha, which is an anatomical term for any external structure that resembles a shell in shapeMeatuses is the plural of meatus, which is an anatomical term for a natural opening or channel
Scroll shaped bone?
middle and inferior nasal conchae
Superior and medial nasal conchae form what projections?
the ethmoid bone
What is the bony projections in the nasal cavities that increase surface areas are called?
The bony projections are called the superior, middle and inferior conchae. They increase surface area to warm and moisten incoming air.
Does the inferior conchae form part of the hard palate?
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Do the lungs filter warm and humidfy the air entering the body?
No, the conchae in the nasal cavity does
What is the definition of conchae?
Any of various structures, such as the external ear, that resemble a shell in shape.
What bone are the superior and medial nasal conchae a part of?
They are in the nasal cavity. They are curved boney projections coveres in mucous secreting epithelium. There are three conchae superior middle and inferior, the middle projects from above the inferior and the superior from above that. The alternative name often used is the turbinates.
