The nasal cavity warms and moistens air as it enters the body.
ciliated mucous membranes
conductor
The nose both cleans and warms the air before it reaches the lungs.
Your nose is an important organ for many reasons: 1.) It lets you smell. 2.) It cleans the air that you breathe before it enters your lungs. 3.) It protects you by filtering and humidifying the air you breathe to prevent dryness of the lining of the lungs. 4.) It also warms cold air to body temperature before it gets to your lungs. AND DO YOU KNOW THAT IT ALSO HELPS YOU TASTE THE FOOD YOU EAT?!
The nasal cavity cleans, moisturizes, and warms the air that enters through the nares as well as provides turbulence via the nasal conchae to make sure the air is properly treated before continuing on. Another function of the nasal cavity is to allow sound to resonate when you stimulate your vocal cord.
You get pneumonia
trachea
you get pneumonia.
The nasal cavity cleans, moisturizes, and warms the air that enters through the nares as well as provides turbulence via the nasal conchae to make sure the air is properly treated before continuing on. Another function of the nasal cavity is to allow sound to resonate when you stimulate your vocal cord.
The nasal cavity cleans, moisturizes, and warms the air that enters through the nares as well as provides turbulence via the nasal conchae to make sure the air is properly treated before continuing on. Another function of the nasal cavity is to allow sound to resonate when you stimulate your vocal cord.
Snow Leopards can see 6x better than humans, their smelling is nothing special, but their nasal cavity is very large, which warms up the air they breathe before it enters the lungs, which is critical in the high altitude of the Himalayas.